54 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:07 | Tran: 18:25 | Set: 1:47

Alt: 17.98° Az: 272.09° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 08h 52m 26s

Declination +15° 15’ 15”

Hour Angle 05h 20m 34s

Sidereal Time 14h 13m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 51m 01s

Declination +15° 21’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 211.81°

Galactic Latitude 33.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 54 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.37

Spectral Type G1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.64

Temperature 5815K

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

Main star magnitude 6.38

Secondary star magnitude 7.78

Magnitude difference 1.4

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 39.97

Distance (light year) 130.30

Radial Speed 45 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.112 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.075"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 54 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD75528

SAO Catalogue SAO98168

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43454

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 1917

FK5 Catalogue 2699

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° RISE 11:07

Max altitude: 53.8° TRANSIT 18:25

Azimuth: 285.3° SET 1:47

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer