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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:07
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Nahn - ξ Cancri (xi Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:42 | Tran: 23:41 | Set: 7:44
Alt: 49.23°   Az: 122.55°   Direction: East-South-East

Nahn, also designated as ξ Cancri (xi Cancri), is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cancer.

Nahn visual magnitude is 5.14. Because of its faintness, Nahn 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 Nahn - ξ Cancri (xi Cancri) star
DSS2 image of Nahn. The red arrow shows the motion of Nahn during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 10m 47s
+21° 56’ 32”
21h 34m 22s
06h 45m 10s

J2000

09h 09m 21s
+22° 02’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

205.86°
39.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Nahn - ξ Cancri (xi Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.14
Giant

-0.20
G9III
4816K

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

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

Star System Properties

Nahn 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 Nahn double sysyem:

5.14
5.64
0.5
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Nahn is distant 380.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

116.69
380.40
-7 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Nahn
ξ Cancri
(xi Cancri)
SAO80666
SAO80666

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 68.1°
Max altitude: 60.5°
Azimuth: 291.9°