Alpha Cancri

E139727

multiple star system star stellar system

Alpha Cancri is a multiple-star system in the constellation Cancer, visible to the naked eye and known for its close stellar pairing.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
α Cancri	4
Alpha Cancri canonical	3
Alpha Cancri A	1
Alpha Cancri B	1
Alpha Cnc	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multiple star system ⓘ star ⓘ star ⓘ stellar system ⓘ
angularSeparationOfMainPair_arcsec	about 0.1 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV	3.98 ⓘ
BayerDesignation	Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: α Cancri
belongsToAsterism	Cancer constellation pattern ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth	March ⓘ
catalogDesignation	HD 76756 ⓘ HIP 44127 ⓘ HR 3572 ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV	+0.12 ⓘ
constellation	Cancer ⓘ
declination	+11° 51′ 28″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly	approximately 174 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc	approximately 53 ⓘ
eclipticLatitude	near ecliptic ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem	International Celestial Reference System ⓘ surface form: ICRS
evolutionaryStage	subgiant ⓘ
galacticPopulation	thin disk star ⓘ
hasComponent	Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alpha Cancri A Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alpha Cancri B
hasPhotometricBand	V band ⓘ
hasTraditionalName	Acubens ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility	Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isPrimaryStarOfConstellation	one of the brighter stars of Cancer ⓘ
isZodiacConstellationMember	true ⓘ
knownFor	being a multiple star system ⓘ close stellar pairing ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Cancer ⓘ
luminosityClass	IV ⓘ
meaningOfName	“the claws” in Arabic ⓘ
multiplicity	multiple ⓘ
otherName	Acubens ⓘ Alpha Cancri ⓘ surface form: Alpha Cnc Alpha Cancri ⓘ surface form: α Cancri
parallax_mas	about 18.8 ⓘ
parallaxError_mas	about 0.2 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYr	about −11 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYr	about −23 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec	about +6 ⓘ
rightAscension	08h 58m 29s ⓘ
rightAscensionRangeZodiacSign	Cancer ⓘ
spectralType	A-type star ⓘ A5IV ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye	true ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

constellation Cancer → notableStar → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

subject surface form: Cancer

Acubens → traditionalNameOf → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

Acubens → hasBayerDesignation → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

subject surface form: Alpha Cancri

this entity surface form: α Cancri

Acubens → hasBayerDesignation → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

this entity surface form: α Cancri

Alpha Cancri → otherName → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

this entity surface form: α Cancri

Alpha Cancri → otherName → Alpha Cancri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpha Cnc

Alpha Cancri → BayerDesignation → Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: α Cancri

Alpha Cancri → hasComponent → Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpha Cancri A

Alpha Cancri → hasComponent → Alpha Cancri self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alpha Cancri B