75 Cancri

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:56 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 8:05

Alt: -11.61° Az: 351.93° Direction: North

75 Cancri is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Cancer.

75 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, 75 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 75 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Cancri during the next 1000 years (-2.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 10m 15s

Declination +26° 31’ 34”

Hour Angle 11h 24m 39s

Sidereal Time 20h 34m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 08m 47s

Declination +26° 37’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 200.03°

Galactic Latitude 40.78°

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Finder chart for 75 Cancri.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 3.50

Spectral Type G5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.66

Temperature 5742K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

75 Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 75 Cancri double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.98

Secondary star magnitude 9.08

Magnitude difference 3.1

Separation 112 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

75 Cancri is distant 101.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 31.27

Distance (light year) 101.94

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.136 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.368"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 75 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD78418

SAO Catalogue SAO80659

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44892

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 1715

Gliese Catalogue Wo 9286

FK5 Catalogue 2724

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 75 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.5° RISE 14:56

Max altitude: 65.0° TRANSIT 23:29

Azimuth: 296.5° SET 8:05

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer