υ2 Cancri (upsilon2 Cancri)

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:49 | Tran: 10:03 | Set: 18:16

Alt: -14.51° Az: 358.57° Direction: North

υ2 Cancri is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Cancer.

υ2 Cancri visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, υ2 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 υ2 Cancri (upsilon2 Cancri) star

DSS2 image of υ2 Cancri. The red arrow shows the motion of υ2 Cancri during the next 10000 years (-11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 08h 34m 27s

Declination +23° 59’ 57”

Hour Angle 11h 53m 56s

Sideral Time 20h 28m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 08h 33m 00s

Declination +24° 05’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 200.31°

Galactic Latitude 32.31°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for υ2 Cancri (upsilon2 Cancri).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where υ2 Cancri is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of υ2 Cancri. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ2 Cancri is distant 420.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 75 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 129.03

Distance (light year) 420.65

Radial Speed 75 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.068 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ2 Cancri
(upsilon2 Cancri)

Flamsteed designation 32 Cancri

Henry Draper Catalogue HD72324

SAO Catalogue SAO80245

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP41940

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 1946

Visibility from Your Location

Today's υ2 Cancri (upsilon2 Cancri) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.0° RISE 1:49

Max altitude: 62.5° TRANSIT 10:03

Azimuth: 294.0° SET 18:16

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Cancer