Star profile
20 Cancri
What is 20 Cancri
20 Cancri belongs to the zodiacal Crab, a faint constellation famous for housing the Beehive —the open cluster M44. At 384 light-years, this white A-type star radiates a clean, hot light. Cancer is among the dimmest zodiacal constellations, which makes each of its stars stand out more under dark skies. A clear flame in the late winter to spring sky.
Where it is and when to see it
20 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 20 Cancri
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.94
- Distance
- 384.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 125.841° · Dec 18.332°
- Catalogue
- HIP 41117 · HD 70569
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Other stars in Cancer
Cancer has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- TarfBeta Cancri3.53
- Asellus AustralisDelta Cancri3.94
- Iota Cancri4.03
- HIP 421725.91
- PiautosLambda Cancri5.92
- 36 Cancri5.92
- 29 Cancri5.94
- 75 Cancri5.95