Heliocodex

Meet a star / Constellations

Cancer

102 stars in Cancer can be seen by eye from a dark place. 12 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

104 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. TarfSeen away from bright lights, 300 light years
  2. Asellus AustralisSeen away from bright lights, 130 light years
  3. YuyuSeen away from bright lights, 330 light years
  4. AcubensSeen away from bright lights, 190 light years
  5. Asellus BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  6. TegmineSeen away from bright lights, 82 light years
  7. Chi CancriJust seen from a dark place, 60 light years
  8. HIP 41325Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  9. 8 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  10. NahnJust seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  11. Omicron-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  12. Rho-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  13. Sigma-3 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  14. Kappa CancriJust seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  15. Mu-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 76 light years
  16. Theta CancriJust seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  17. Eta CancriJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  18. Pi-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  19. 57 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  20. Tau CancriJust seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  21. Sigma-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  22. 60 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  23. Nu CancriJust seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  24. 27 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 900 light years
  25. Phi-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  26. 3 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 790 light years
  27. 45 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 930 light years
  28. 15 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  29. 49 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  30. Sigma-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  31. Omicron-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  32. Upsilon-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  33. Psi CancriJust seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  34. 1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  35. HIP 40866Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  36. HIP 44406Just seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  37. Omega-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 660 light years
  38. 66 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  39. 50 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  40. HIP 42172Just seen from a dark place, 82 light years
  41. PiautosJust seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  42. 36 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 490 light years
  43. 29 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  44. 20 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  45. 75 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 100 light years
  46. Mu-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 740 light years
  47. CopernicusJust seen from a dark place, 40 light years
  48. HIP 42365Just seen from a dark place, 410 light years
  49. 5 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  50. HIP 40231Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  51. 79 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  52. HIP 45058Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  53. HIP 42049Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  54. HIP 39067Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  55. HIP 38975Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  56. 28 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  57. 67 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  58. HIP 40085Just seen from a dark place, 880 light years
  59. 21 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  60. 25 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 150 light years
  61. 46 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  62. HIP 45896Just seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  63. HIP 43957Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  64. HIP 44010Just seen from a dark place, 860 light years
  65. HIP 39607Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  66. HIP 42538Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  67. HIP 39535Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  68. HIP 40058Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  69. 53 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 890 light years
  70. 61 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  71. 12 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  72. HIP 42010Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  73. HIP 43811Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  74. HIP 40617Just seen from a dark place, 880 light years
  75. MelephJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  76. HIP 39180Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  77. Phi-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  78. HIP 44126Just seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  79. Omega-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  80. HIP 42187Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  81. HIP 39194Just seen from a dark place, 290 light years
  82. Upsilon-2 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  83. 54 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  84. HIP 44768Just seen from a dark place, 190 light years
  85. 39 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  86. HIP 40354Just seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  87. HIP 45614Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  88. HIP 43427Just seen from a dark place, 940 light years
  89. HIP 42549Just seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  90. HIP 40675Just seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  91. 13 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 840 light years
  92. HIP 44574Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  93. HIP 42462Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  94. HIP 40342Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  95. HIP 44825Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  96. HIP 39958Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  97. HIP 44984Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  98. 34 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  99. HIP 45272Just seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  100. Pi-1 CancriJust seen from a dark place, 66 light years
  101. HIP 44148Just seen from a dark place, 1,400 light years
  102. HIP 41833Just seen from a dark place, 790 light years
  103. GakyidNeeds a telescope, 260 light years
  104. KaewkosinNeeds a telescope, 76 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.