Star profile
36 Cancri
What is 36 Cancri
36 Cancri is a white A-type star 488 light-years away, inside Cancer, the dimmest constellation of the zodiac. Hot and young, it shines in a pearly tone that contrasts with the general modesty of its constellation, where no spectacular stars stand out. Cancer is famous for harbouring the Beehive Cluster, one of the first wonders of the sky on which Galileo trained his telescope. Its light set out in the mid-sixteenth century.
Where it is and when to see it
36 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 36 Cancri
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.92
- Distance
- 488.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 129.274° · Dec 9.656°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42265 · HD 73143
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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
- 66 Cancri5.89
- HIP 421725.91
- PiautosLambda Cancri5.92
- 20 Cancri5.94
- 29 Cancri5.94