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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:53 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:02
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η Cancri (eta Cancri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:19 | Tran: 17:08 | Set: 1:00
Alt: -12.22°   Az: 32.48°   Direction: North-North-East

η Cancri is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Cancer.

η Cancri visual magnitude is 5.33. Because of its faintness, η 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 η Cancri (eta Cancri) star
DSS2 image of η Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of η Cancri during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 34m 10s
+20° 21’ 12”
14h 16m 10s
22h 50m 21s

J2000

08h 32m 42s
+20° 26’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

204.33°
31.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for η Cancri (eta Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.33
Giant

0.43
K3III
4213K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

η Cancri is distant 311.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

95.60
311.66
24 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

η Cancri
(eta Cancri)
SAO80243
SAO80243

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 69.6°
Max altitude: 58.9°
Azimuth: 290.4°