Star system in the constellation Cancer
Acubens
Acubens is the bottom left star in the "crab".
Observation dataEpoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS )
Constellation
Cancer
Right ascension
08h 58m 29.2042s [ 1]
Declination
+11° 51′ 27.649″[ 1]
Apparent magnitude (V)
4.20 to 4.27[ 2]
Characteristics
Spectral type
kA7VmF0/2III/IVSr[ 3]
U−B color index
+0.15[ 4]
B−V color index
+0.14[ 4]
R−I color index
+0.04[ 4]
Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv ) −12.1± 0.8[ 5] km/sProper motion (μ) RA: 42.181[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: −31.160[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)18.3304 ± 0.3216 mas [ 1] Distance 178 ± 3 ly (54.6 ± 1.0 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )0.46[ 6]
Details Aa + Ab Mass 2.10[ 7] M ☉ Luminosity 50.55[ 8] L ☉ Temperature 7,943[ 9] K Metallicity 3.73[ 9] Rotational velocity (v sin i )75[ 10] km/s B Mass 0.38[ 7] M ☉
Other designations Acubens, Sertan, Sartan,
[ 4] α Cnc, Alpha Cancri, Alpha Cnc,
65 Cancri , 65 Cnc,
ADS 7115 A,
BD +12 1948,
CCDM J08585+1151A,
FK5 337,
GC 12406,
HD 76756,
HIP 44066,
HR 3572,
IDS 08530+1215 A,
PPM 125972,
SAO 98267
[ 11]
Database references SIMBAD data
Acubens ,[ 12] Bayer designation Alpha Cancri (α Cancri , abbreviated Alpha Cnc , α Cnc ), is a star system in the constellation of Cancer .
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^ NSV 4327, database entry, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, the improved version , Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line October 20, 2009.
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^ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 427 (1): 343. arXiv :1208.2037 . Bibcode :2012MNRAS.427..343M . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x . S2CID 118665352 .
^ a b Baines, Ellyn K.; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Zavala, R. T.; Benson, James A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Tycner, Christopher; Van Belle, Gerard T. (2018). "Fundamental Parameters of 87 Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer" . The Astronomical Journal . 155 (1): 30. arXiv :1712.08109 . Bibcode :2018AJ....155...30B . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b . S2CID 119427037 .
^ Royer, F.; Grenier, S.; Baylac, M.-O.; Gómez, A. E.; Zorec, J. (2002). "Rotational velocities of A-type stars in the northern hemisphere. II. Measurement of v sin i in the northern hemisphere". Astronomy and Astrophysics (PDF). 393 (3): 897–911. arXiv :astro-ph/0205255 . Bibcode :2002A&A...393..897R . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20020943 . S2CID 14070763 .
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