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κ Cancri (kappa Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:07 | Tran: 0:03 | Set: 6:55
Alt: 48.55°   Az: 167.82°   Direction: South-South-East

κ Cancri is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cancer.

κ Cancri visual magnitude is 5.24. Because of its faintness, κ 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 κ Cancri (kappa Cancri) star
DSS2 image of κ Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Cancri during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 09m 06s
+10° 33’ 56”
23h 27m 19s
08h 36m 26s

J2000

09h 07m 44s
+10° 40’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

218.99°
35.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Cancri (kappa Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.24
Giant
κ Cancri is also a Mn chemically peculiar star.

-0.62
B8III
11744K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ Cancri is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the κ Cancri double sysyem:

5.24
5.44
0.2
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Cancri is distant 483.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

148.37
483.68
24 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Cancri
(kappa Cancri)
SAO98378
SAO98378

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 79.4°
Max altitude: 49.1°
Azimuth: 280.6°