Its story
18Chi Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 4.99: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 18Chi Cnc: right ascension 8h 20m 4s, declination +27° 12′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
18Chi Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40843, HD 69897, Gaia DR3 683184784030475520. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40843
- Right ascension
- 8h 20m 04s
- Declination
- +27° 12′ 58″
- Magnitude
- 4.99
- Distance
- ≈ 59.4 ly
Data: gaia-dr3