79 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:34 | Tran: 18:33 | Set: 2:35

Alt: 38.98° Az: 255.73° Direction: West-South-West

79 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Cancer.

79 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, 79 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 79 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 79 Cancri during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 11m 48s

Declination +21° 53’ 30”

Hour Angle 03h 37m 07s

Sidereal Time 12h 48m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 10m 20s

Declination +21° 59’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 206.01°

Galactic Latitude 39.86°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.01

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.46

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 79 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 79 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

79 Cancri is distant 420.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 128.87

Distance (light year) 420.10

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 79 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD78715

SAO Catalogue SAO80674

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP45033

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 2063

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 79 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.1° RISE 10:34

Max altitude: 60.4° TRANSIT 18:33

Azimuth: 291.9° SET 2:35

Set Location

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