Star profile

Psi Cancri

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is Psi Cancri

ψ Cancri shines yellow at 135 light-years, in the small zodiacal Crab — a constellation so faint that almost no one picks it out without a chart. A G-class star, close to the Sun in temperature and color though slightly more evolved, it inhabits a sky that is discreet but historic: that same patch holds the Beehive Cluster, one of the first star groupings ever described by Hipparchus over two thousand years ago.

Where it is and when to see it

Psi Cancri lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is January, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 64° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 31° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 33 in brightness among the 49 stars of Cancer in our catalogue. To find it, start from Tarf, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Psi Cancri

Constellation: Cancer
Apparent magnitude: 5.73
Distance: 134.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 122.613° · Dec 25.507°
Catalogue: HIP 40023 · HD 67767

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Other stars in Cancer

Cancer has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 49 stars in Cancer