ι Cancri (iota Cancri)

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:56 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 1:41

Alt: 45.25° Az: 260.03° Direction: West

ι Cancri is a variable and double giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Cancer.

ι Cancri visual magnitude is 4.02. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Cancri is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of ι Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Cancri during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 48m 13s

Declination +28° 39’ 55”

Hour Angle 03h 28m 50s

Sidereal Time 12h 17m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 46m 41s

Declination +28° 45’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 195.88°

Galactic Latitude 36.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Cancri (iota Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.02

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.78

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

Main star magnitude 4.02

Secondary star magnitude 6.52

Magnitude difference 2.5

Separation 30.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Cancri is distant 297.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.41

Distance (light year) 297.99

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Cancri
(iota Cancri)

Flamsteed designation 48 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD74739

SAO Catalogue SAO80416

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP43103

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+29 1824

FK5 Catalogue 328

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4238

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS6988

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 61.3° RISE 7:56

Max altitude: 67.2° TRANSIT 16:46

Azimuth: 298.7° SET 1:41

Set Location

Other stars in Cancer