Its story
46 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 5.89: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 46 Cnc: right ascension 8h 45m 21s, declination +30° 41′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
46 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42954, HD 74485, Gaia DR3 706409046589939456. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42954
- Right ascension
- 8h 45m 21s
- Declination
- +30° 41′ 52″
- Magnitude
- 5.89
- Distance
- ≈ 609 ly
Data: gaia-dr3