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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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57 Cancri

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:30 | Tran: 23:38 | Set: 8:50
Alt: -5.21°   Az: 338.83°   Direction: North-North-West

57 Cancri is a multiple giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Cancer.

57 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Cancri star
DSS2 image of 57 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Cancri during the next 10000 years (6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 55m 46s
+30° 28’ 58”
10h 21m 18s
19h 17m 04s

J2000

08h 54m 14s
+30° 34’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

194.11°
38.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 57 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Giant

0.14
G7III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

57 Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 57 Cancri double sysyem:

5.39
5.59
0.2
1.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Cancri is distant 365.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 60 kilometers per second.

111.98
365.06
-60 km/s
0.038 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO61125
SAO61125

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.5°
Max altitude: 69.0°
Azimuth: 300.5°