Its story
8 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.13: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 8 Cnc: right ascension 8h 5m 4s, declination +13° 7′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).
8 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39567, HD 66664, Gaia DR3 653239928447149056. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 39567
- Right ascension
- 8h 05m 04s
- Declination
- +13° 07′ 05″
- Magnitude
- 5.13
- Distance
- ≈ 206 ly
Data: gaia-dr3