ν Cancri (nu Cancri)

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:17 | Tran: 18:33 | Set: 2:53

Alt: -12.20° Az: 341.61° Direction: North-North-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 09h 04m 13s

Declination +24° 21’ 05”

Hour Angle 10h 40m 51s

Sidereal Time 19h 45m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 02m 44s

Declination +24° 27’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 202.31°

Galactic Latitude 38.9°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.45

Class Hypergiant

ν Cancri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

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

Distance (parsec) 140.06

Distance (light year) 456.58

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ν Cancri
(nu Cancri)

Flamsteed designation 69 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD77350

SAO Catalogue SAO80595

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP44405

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 2029

FK5 Catalogue 2714

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 4356

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 65.6° RISE 10:17

Max altitude: 62.9° TRANSIT 18:33

Azimuth: 294.4° SET 2:53

Set Location

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