A²-Cnc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , A²-Cnc is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:10 (PDT), 64° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:04, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:51, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
A²-Cnc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 08h46m55s [4] |
| Declination: | +12°06'35" [4] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 5.89 (V) [2] 6.03 (BT) [2] 5.90 (VT) [2] 5.87 (G) [4] 5.92 (BP) [4] 5.75 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 55.6 parsec 181.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.11 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 81.3 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 231.5° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.16 |
Sources