β-Cnc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , β-Cnc will become visible at around 20:25 (EDT), 58° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 02:58.
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Name
β-Cnc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h16m30s [4] |
| Declination: | +09°11'07" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: Variable | 3.52 (V) [2] 5.47 (BT) [2] 3.68 (VT) [2] 3.00 (G) [4] 3.97 (BP) [4] 2.37 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 99.0 parsec 322.7 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.52 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 67.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 222.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.46 |
Sources