Star profile

57 Cancri

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

What is 57 Cancri

57 Cancri is a yellow G-type star 461 light-years away, set in the modest constellation of the Crab, zodiacal home of the northern summer solstice. It shares the Sun's spectral family, though more distant and probably more evolved. The light reaching us tonight began its voyage in the early sixteenth century, in the days when Castilian ships first crossed the Pacific.

Where it is and when to see it

57 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 69° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 80° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 26° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 59° S.

It ranks no. 19 in brightness among the 49 stars of Cancer in our catalogue. To find it, start from Tarf, the brightest: it lies about 23° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 57 Cancri

Constellation: Cancer
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 461.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 133.561° · Dec 30.579°
Catalogue: HIP 43721 · HD 75959

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Other stars in Cancer

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

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