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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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μ2 Cancri (mu2 Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:28 | Tran: 22:24 | Set: 6:24
Alt: 21.45°   Az: 82.02°   Direction: East

μ2 Cancri is a sub-giant star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Cancer.

μ2 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, μ2 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 μ2 Cancri (mu2 Cancri) star
DSS2 image of μ2 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of μ2 Cancri during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 09m 14s
+21° 30’ 26”
18h 31m 16s
02h 40m 30s

J2000

08h 07m 45s
+21° 34’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

200.81°
25.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ2 Cancri (mu2 Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.3
Sub-giant

3.46
G1IV
5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where μ2 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of μ2 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ2 Cancri is distant 76.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

23.33
76.06
-36 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
-0.069"/y

Alternative Designations

μ2 Cancri
(mu2 Cancri)
SAO79959
SAO79959

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ2 Cancri (mu2 Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.5°
Max altitude: 60.0°
Azimuth: 291.5°