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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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π1 Cancri (pi1 Cancri)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:28 | Tran: 17:43 | Set: 1:03
Alt: 52.42°   Az: 162.89°   Direction: South-South-East

π1 Cancri is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cancer.

π1 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, π1 Cancri is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of π1 Cancri (pi1 Cancri) star
DSS2 image of π1 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of π1 Cancri during the next 1000 years (-8.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 13m 41s
+14° 53’ 26”
23h 17m 12s
08h 30m 54s

J2000

09h 12m 17s
+14° 59’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

214.66°
37.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π1 Cancri (pi1 Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Main-sequence

4.95
G9V
5501K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where π1 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of π1 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π1 Cancri is distant 66.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

20.48
66.76
45 km/s
-0.522 arcsec/y
0.248"/y

Alternative Designations

π1 Cancri
(pi1 Cancri)
SAO98427
SAO98427
Gl 337 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's π1 Cancri (pi1 Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.1°
Max altitude: 53.4°
Azimuth: 284.9°