61-Cnc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , 61-Cnc will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 68° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 03:31.
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Name
61-Cnc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h57m58s [4] |
| Declination: | +30°14'02" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 6.25 (V) [2] 6.78 (BT) [2] 6.29 (VT) [2] 6.14 (G) [4] 6.37 (BP) [4] 5.74 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 55.3 parsec 180.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.41 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 56.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 61.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.53 |
Sources