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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:07
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ο1 Cancri (omicron1 Cancri)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:11 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 6:51
Alt: -23.29°   Az: 1.29°   Direction: North

ο1 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Cancer.

ο1 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.2. Because of its faintness, ο1 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 ο1 Cancri (omicron1 Cancri) star
DSS2 image of ο1 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of ο1 Cancri during the next 10000 years (9.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 58m 38s
+15° 13’ 29”
12h 04m 55s
21h 03m 34s

J2000

08h 57m 14s
+15° 19’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

212.53°
34.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο1 Cancri (omicron1 Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.2
Giant

1.75
A5III
8571K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ο1 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ο1 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο1 Cancri is distant 159.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

49.04
159.88
-5 km/s
0.056 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

ο1 Cancri
(omicron1 Cancri)
SAO98247
SAO98247

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ο1 Cancri (omicron1 Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.8°
Max altitude: 53.7°
Azimuth: 285.2°