Its story
45 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.49: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 45 Cnc: right ascension 8h 43m 12s, declination +12° 40′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
45 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42795, HD 74228, Gaia DR3 602321510603179264. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42795
- Right ascension
- 8h 43m 12s
- Declination
- +12° 40′ 51″
- Magnitude
- 5.49
- Distance
- ≈ 657 ly
Data: gaia-dr3