υ1 Cancri (upsilon1 Cancri)

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:18 | Tran: 14:55 | Set: 19:32

Alt: -40.64° Az: 270.58° Direction: South-West

υ1 Cancri is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cancer.

υ1 Cancri visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, υ1 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 υ1 Cancri (upsilon1 Cancri) star

DSS2 image of υ1 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of υ1 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 33m 00s

Declination +23° 59’ 37”

Hour Angle 08h 15m 24s

Sidereal Time 16h 48m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 31m 30s

Declination +24° 04’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 200.19°

Galactic Latitude 31.98°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.44

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where υ1 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of υ1 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ1 Cancri is distant 237.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 72.73

Distance (light year) 237.09

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.082 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ1 Cancri
(upsilon1 Cancri)

Flamsteed designation 30 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72041

SAO Catalogue SAO80229

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41816

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 1940

FK5 Catalogue 2666

Visibility from Your Location

Today's υ1 Cancri (upsilon1 Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Werribee South, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Melbourne):

Azimuth: 66.0° RISE 10:18

Max altitude: 28.1° TRANSIT 14:55

Azimuth: 294.0° SET 19:32

Name:	Werribee South, Australia
Latitude:	37° 56' 51.0" S
Longitude:	144° 43' 1.2" E
Timezone:	Australia/Melbourne

Set Location

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