ν Cancri (nu Cancri)

Altitude: 32.4° Azimuth: 269.5° Direction: West

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

ν Cancri visual magnitude is 5.45. Because of its reltive faintness, ν Cancri should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about ν Cancri:

Color of ν Cancri ⬤

Magnitude of ν Cancri 5.45

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

ν Cancri (nu Cancri) is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 32.4°
Azimuth: 269.5°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of ν Cancri

ν Cancri is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of ν Cancri are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 09h 02m 44s

Declination J2000 +24° 27’ 10”

Galactic Longitude 202.31°

Galactic Latitude 38.9°

Constellation Cancer

The simplified sky map below shows the position of ν Cancri in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for ν Cancri (nu Cancri).

Visibility of ν Cancri from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 65.5° RISE 19:35

Max altitude: 63.0° TRANSIT 3:56

Azimuth: 294.5° SET 12:12

Digitized Sky Survey image of ν Cancri

The image below is a photograph of ν Cancri from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of ν Cancri is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of ν Cancri from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 456.58 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of ν Cancri

ν Cancri belongs to spectral class A0 ν Cancri is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude -0.28

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of ν Cancri 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

Alternative designations of ν Cancri

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

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