Acubens

Acubens
Acubens is the bottom left star in the "crab".
Observation data
Epoch 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/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 42.181[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −31.160[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)18.3304 ± 0.3216 mas[1]
Distance178 ± 3 ly
(54.6 ± 1.0 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.46[6]
Details
Aa + Ab
Mass2.10[7] M
Luminosity50.55[8] L
Temperature7,943[9] K
Metallicity3.73[9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)75[10] km/s
B
Mass0.38[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
SIMBADdata

Acubens /ˈækjuːbɛnz/,[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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