Its story
3 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.21: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 3 Cnc: right ascension 8h 0m 47s, declination +17° 18′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
3 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39177, HD 65759, Gaia DR3 667368721582875520. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 39177
- Right ascension
- 8h 00m 47s
- Declination
- +17° 18′ 31″
- Magnitude
- 5.21
- Distance
- ≈ 803 ly
Data: gaia-dr3