τ-Cnc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , τ-Cnc is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:49, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:36, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:13, 77° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
τ-Cnc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 09h08m00s [4] |
| Declination: | +29°39'15" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 5.43 (V) [2] 6.54 (BT) [2] 5.52 (VT) [2] 5.19 (G) [4] 5.64 (BP) [4] 4.58 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 83.1 parsec 270.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.87 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 32.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 274.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.83 |
Sources