49 Cancri

This article is about b Cancri. Not to be confused with β Cancri.
49 Cancri
Location of 49 Cancri (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 44m 45.03571s[1]
Declination +10° 04′ 54.0073″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.58 - 5.71[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type A1VpHgMnSiEu[3]
B−V color index −0.069[4]
Variable type α2 CVn[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+27.50[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −14.686[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −18.466[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.5062 ± 0.0748 mas[1]
Distance501 ± 6 ly
(154 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.07[4]
Details
Mass3.011[6] M☉
Radius2.909[6] R☉
Luminosity102[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)3.964[6] cgs
Temperature10,615[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.013[6] dex
Rotation6.907 d[7]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)21[7] km/s
Age263[8] Myr
Other designations
b Cnc, 49 Cnc, BI Cnc, BD+10°1864, FK5 2688, HD 74521, HIP 42917, HR 3465, SAO 98089[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

49 Cancri is a single star[10] in the zodiac constellation of Cancer, located 501 light years away from the Sun. It has the Bayer designation b Cancri; 49 Cancri is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint star with an apparent visual magnitude of about 5.6. It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +27.5 km/s.

A light curve for BI Cancri, plotted from TESS data[11]

49 Cancri is a variable star. Its brightness changes from magnitude 5.58 to 5.71 every seven days. It is classified as an α2 Canum Venaticorum variable, a class of magnetic chemically peculiar stars. The brightness changes are thought to correspond to the rotation of the star. 49 Cancri is classified from its spectrum as an Ap star, with enhanced lines of silicon, europium, and chromium.[12] Additionally, calcium and magnesium lines are described as weaker than normal.[3]

49 Cancri is classified as an A1 main sequence star.[3] It has three times the mass of the Sun, an effective temperature of 10,615 K, and a radius of 2.9 R☉.[6] It radiates about a hundred times the luminosity of the Sun due to its high temperature and large size.[7]

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