Iota Cancri
Star 39 of 100
Constellation: Cancer
Difficulty: Easy
Right Ascension: 08h 46m.7
Declination: +28° 46'
Magnitude: 4.1, 6.0
Separation: 30.7"
Position Angle: 308°
Last WDS Measure: 2018
My Observation Details
| Object Name: | Iota Cancri |
| Seeing: | VG |
| Transparency: | 5 |
| Lat/Lon: | 35.15, -85.32 |
| Instrument: | 1300/102 (Orion Apex Maksutov) |
| Power: | 144x |
| Date: | 5-1-24 |
| Time: | 11:05pm EST |
| Est. P.A.: | 300 deg |
Observation Notes
Visual Description
A nice pair worth revisiting. At this power, easily split. The primary star is strikingly yellow and the secondary is white.
Additional Notes
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