Star in Cancer

Copernicus

55 Cnc HR 3522 HIP 43587 magnitude 5.95

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".

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Astronomy

Official IAU information

Designation

HR 3522

HIP

43587

Bayer ID

55 Cnc

Visual magnitude

5.95

Right ascension (J2000)

133.149°

Declination (J2000)

28.3308°

IAU adoption

2016/07/20

Name origin

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".