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public  Lwengo, Uganda Lwengo, Uganda  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Kampala
Sunrise: 6:56 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 19:00
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χ Cancri (chi Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:35 | Tran: 14:32 | Set: 20:30
Alt: 62.10°   Az: 351.23°   Direction: North

χ Cancri is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Cancer.

χ Cancri visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, χ 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 χ Cancri (chi Cancri) star
DSS2 image of χ Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Cancri during the next 1000 years (-0.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.30 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 21m 36s
+27° 08’ 09”
00h 18m 23s
08h 39m 59s

J2000

08h 20m 03s
+27° 13’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

195.78°
30.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Cancri (chi Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Main-sequence

3.85
F6V
6528K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Cancri is distant 59.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

18.13
59.09
33 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.378"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Cancri
(chi Cancri)
SAO80104
SAO80104

Visibility from Your Location

Today's χ Cancri (chi Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Lwengo, Uganda are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Kampala):

Azimuth: 62.9°
Max altitude: 62.4°
Azimuth: 297.1°