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public  Vårdö, Aland Vårdö, Aland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Mariehamn
Sunrise: 4:35 
Transit: 13:44 
Sunset: 22:51
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ν Cancri (nu Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:53 | Tran: 15:20 | Set: 0:46
Alt: 37.88°   Az: 107.96°   Direction: East-South-East

ν Cancri is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cancer.

ν Cancri visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its faintness, ν 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 ν Cancri (nu Cancri) star
DSS2 image of ν Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Cancri during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 04m 13s
+24° 21’ 02”
20h 17m 58s
05h 22m 11s

J2000

09h 02m 44s
+24° 27’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

202.31°
38.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Cancri (nu Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.45
Hypergiant
ν Cancri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.28
A0
10653K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Cancri is distant 456.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

140.06
456.58
-15 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Cancri
(nu Cancri)
SAO80595
SAO80595

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ν Cancri (nu Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Vårdö, Aland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Mariehamn):

Azimuth: 65.6°
Max altitude: 54.1°
Azimuth: 294.4°