Its story
72Tau Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.19: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 72Tau Cnc: right ascension 9h 8m 0s, declination +29° 39′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
72Tau Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44818, HD 78235, Gaia DR3 699345612094125440. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 44818
- Right ascension
- 9h 08m 00s
- Declination
- +29° 39′ 15″
- Magnitude
- 5.19
- Distance
- ≈ 271 ly
Data: gaia-dr3