Its story
15 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.59: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 15 Cnc: right ascension 8h 13m 9s, declination +29° 39′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
15 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 40240, HD 68351, Gaia DR3 876666120047998592. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 40240
- Right ascension
- 8h 13m 09s
- Declination
- +29° 39′ 23″
- Magnitude
- 5.59
- Distance
- ≈ 698 ly
Data: gaia-dr3