Its story
50 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 50 Cnc: right ascension 8h 46m 56s, declination +12° 6′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
50 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 43121, HD 74873, Gaia DR3 601994405893360768. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 43121
- Right ascension
- 8h 46m 56s
- Declination
- +12° 06′ 35″
- Magnitude
- 5.87
- Distance
- ≈ 181 ly
Data: gaia-dr3