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Transit: 11:44 
Sunset: 16:15
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54 Cancri

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:07 | Tran: 5:28 | Set: 12:46
Alt: 48.64°   Az: 218.04°   Direction: South-West

54 Cancri is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Cancer.

54 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, 54 Cancri is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 54 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 54 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 54 Cancri during the next 1000 years (-1.87 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 52m 24s
+15° 15’ 22”
01h 39m 52s
10h 32m 16s

J2000

08h 51m 01s
+15° 21’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

211.81°
33.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 54 Cancri star
Simplified finder chart for 54 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Main-sequence

3.37
G1V
5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 54 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 54 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

54 Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 54 Cancri double sysyem:

6.38
7.78
1.4
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

54 Cancri is distant 130.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

39.97
130.30
45 km/s
-0.112 arcsec/y
0.075"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO98168
SAO98168

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 54 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.7°
Max altitude: 53.8°
Azimuth: 285.3°