8 Cancri

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:58 | Tran: 17:04 | Set: 0:09

Alt: 30.51° Az: 251.36° Direction: West-South-West

8 Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Cancer.

8 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.12. Because of its faintness, 8 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 8 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of 8 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 06m 29s

Declination +13° 02’ 39”

Hour Angle 03h 47m 41s

Sidereal Time 11h 54m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 05m 04s

Declination +13° 07’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 209.11°

Galactic Latitude 22.16°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.12

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 8 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 8 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

8 Cancri is distant 210.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.56

Distance (light year) 210.46

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 8 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD66664

SAO Catalogue SAO97542

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP39567

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 1831

FK5 Catalogue 2625

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 8 Cancri rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.0° RISE 9:58

Max altitude: 51.6° TRANSIT 17:04

Azimuth: 283.0° SET 0:09

Set Location

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