σ²-Cnc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , σ²-Cnc is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 78° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:54, 80° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:58, when it sinks below 20° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
σ²-Cnc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h56m56s [4] |
| Declination: | +32°54'36" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 5.44 (V) [2] 5.63 (BT) [2] 5.46 (VT) [2] 5.41 (G) [4] 5.49 (BP) [4] 5.27 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 58.7 parsec 191.3 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.15 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 84.8 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 218.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.60 |
Sources