Its story
39 Cnc has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 39 Cnc: right ascension 8h 40m 6s, declination +20° 0′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).
39 Cnc. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42516, HD 73665, Gaia DR3 661324431287688448. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 42516
- Right ascension
- 8h 40m 06s
- Declination
- +20° 00′ 28″
- Magnitude
- 6.15
- Distance
- ≈ 602 ly
Data: gaia-dr3