Copernicus (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Copernicus is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:20 (EDT), 74° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:46, 75° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:27, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
Copernicus
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h52m35s [4] |
| Declination: | +28°19'47" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 5.95 (V) [2] 7.04 (BT) [2] 6.04 (VT) [2] 5.73 (G) [4] 6.16 (BP) [4] 5.15 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 12.6 parsec 41.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.85 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 538.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 244.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 5.45 |
Sources