Astronomy and Space

Delta Cancri

Delta Cancri is a star in the constellation of Cancer. It has the proper name Asellus Australis, Delta Cancri is its Bayer designation. This star is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +3.94. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of 137 light-years (42 pc) from Earth. It is drifting further away with a line of sight velocity of 16 km/s. The star is 0.08 degree north of the ecliptic, so it can be occulted by the Moon and more rarely by planets; it is occulted (eclipsed) by the sun from about 31 July to 2 August. Thus the star can be viewed the whole night, crossing the sky at the start of February.

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• ▸Eta Virginis
• ▸Gray whale
• ▸Caroline Herschel

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