55 Cancri location

Further to my previous post earlier, this is a quick follow up to let people know where the star 55 Cancri is located within the constellation of Cancer.

Using the Kstars astronomy package [1].

55 cancri

Illustrates the constellation showing the 5 main principle stars. At the top there is $\iota$ Cancri. Just below this is a red star, this is 55 Cancri which, Wikipedia states, is also known as $\rho$ Cancri [2] and is part of a binary star system.

  1. Kstars
  2. Wikipedia

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