Cancer

Constellation

The Cancer Constellation contains the following notable stars: Acubens, Asellus Australis, Asellus Borealis, Copernicus, Meleph, Nahn, Piautos, Tarf, Tegmine


Notes:

  • Copernicus: Nicolaus Copernicus or Mikolaj Kopernik (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in his book "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium".
  • Acubens: The name was originally Arabic: الزبانى az-zubāná ('the claws').

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Detailed Star Information:

Name Harvard Revised Name Right Ascension (deg) Declination (deg) Distance (parsecs) Vmag (log)
1 Cnc HR3095 2.08 0.28 143.25 5.78
2Ome1Cnc HR3124 2.1 0.44 188.41 5.83
3 Cnc HR3128 2.1 0.3 246.32 5.55
4Ome2Cnc HR3132 2.1 0.44 132.57 6.31
5 Cnc HR3134 2.1 0.29 151.84 5.99
8 Cnc HR3163 2.12 0.23 63.25 5.12
9Mu 1Cnc HR3169 2.12 0.4 184.19 5.99
10Mu 2Cnc HR3176 2.13 0.38 23.81 5.3
12 Cnc HR3184 2.13 0.24 78.69 6.27
14Psi Cnc HR3191 2.14 0.45 40.25 5.73
Tegmine HR3208 2.15 0.31 24.46 5.63
16Zet1Cnc HR3209 2.15 0.31 24.41 6.02
16Zet2Cnc HR3210 2.15 0.31 24.3 6.2
15 Cnc HR3215 2.15 0.52 214.04 5.64
Tarf HR3249 2.17 0.16 98.98 3.52
18Chi Cnc HR3262 2.18 0.48 18.22 5.14
Piautos HR3268 2.18 0.42 174.33 5.98
20 Cnc HR3284 2.2 0.32 114.15 5.95
21 Cnc HR3290 2.2 0.19 242.38 6.08
25 Cnc HR3299 2.21 0.3 45.5 6.14
22Phi1Cnc HR3304 2.21 0.49 132.33 5.57
23Phi2Cnc HR3310 2.21 0.47 106.72 6.32
23Phi2Cnc HR3311 2.21 0.47 105.79 6.3
24 Cnc HR3312 2.21 0.43 69.31 7.02
24 Cnc HR3313 2.21 0.43 74.42 7.81
27 Cnc HR3319 2.21 0.22 281.1 5.5
28 Cnc HR3329 2.22 0.42 117.81 6.1
29 Cnc HR3333 2.22 0.25 110.71 5.95
30Ups1Cnc HR3355 2.23 0.42 73.43 5.75
31The Cnc HR3357 2.23 0.32 132.32 5.35
33Eta Cnc HR3366 2.24 0.36 97.48 5.33
32Ups2Cnc HR3369 2.24 0.42 190.44 6.36
34 Cnc HR3372 2.24 0.18 173.64 6.46
35 Cnc HR3387 2.25 0.34 186.78 6.58
36 Cnc HR3406 2.26 0.17 149.72 5.88
37 Cnc HR3412 2.26 0.17 125.56 6.53
39 Cnc HR3427 2.27 0.35 184.44 6.39
Meleph HR3429 2.27 0.34 185.75 6.3
Asellus Borealis HR3449 2.28 0.37 53.64 4.66
45 Cnc HR3450 2.28 0.22 201.37 5.64
Asellus Australis HR3461 2.29 0.32 41.97 3.94
46 Cnc HR3464 2.29 0.54 186.6 6.13
49 Cnc HR3465 2.29 0.18 153.7 5.66
48Iot Cnc HR3474 2.3 0.5 103.39 6.57
48Iot Cnc HR3475 2.3 0.5 106.24 4.02
50 Cnc HR3481 2.3 0.21 55.63 5.87
54 Cnc HR3510 2.32 0.27 40.24 6.38
51Sig1Cnc HR3519 2.32 0.57 67.89 5.66
53 Cnc HR3521 2.32 0.49 390.75 6.23
Copernicus HR3522 2.32 0.49 12.59 5.95
57 Cnc HR3532 2.33 0.53 141.44 5.39
58Rho2Cnc HR3540 2.34 0.49 179.47 5.22
60 Cnc HR3550 2.34 0.2 276.31 5.41
59Sig2Cnc HR3555 2.34 0.57 58.69 5.45
62Omi1Cnc HR3561 2.34 0.27 49.19 5.2
61 Cnc HR3563 2.35 0.53 55.3 6.29
63Omi2Cnc HR3565 2.35 0.27 48.89 5.67
Acubens HR3572 2.35 0.21 54.55 4.25
64Sig3Cnc HR3575 2.35 0.57 93.04 5.2
66 Cnc HR3587 2.36 0.56 142.59 5.82
67 Cnc HR3589 2.36 0.49 56.67 6.07
69Nu Cnc HR3595 2.37 0.43 137.09 5.45
70 Cnc HR3601 2.37 0.49 174.01 6.38
72Tau Cnc HR3621 2.39 0.52 83.09 5.43
76Kap Cnc HR3623 2.39 0.19 187.94 5.24
75 Cnc HR3626 2.39 0.46 31.23 5.98
Nahn HR3627 2.4 0.38 124.94 5.14
79 Cnc HR3640 2.4 0.38 122.31 6.01
81Pi 1Cnc HR3650 2.41 0.26 20.35 6.51
82Pi 2Cnc HR3669 2.42 0.26 175.84 5.34