Cursa

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Cursa is a bright star in the constellation Eridanus, often noted as one of its most prominent and easily visible members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star
age_Myr about 440
alsoKnownAs Beta Eridani NERFINISHED
β Eri NERFINISHED
β Eridani NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79
bayerDesignation Beta Eridani NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
catalog Bright Star Catalogue NERFINISHED
Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
Hipparcos Catalogue NERFINISHED
colorIndexBMinusV 0.09
constellation Eridanus NERFINISHED
declination −05° 05′ 11.2″
distanceFromEarth_ly about 89
distanceFromEarth_pc about 27
effectiveTemperature_K about 8600
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000
evolutionaryStage giantStar
flamsteedDesignation 12 Eridani NERFINISHED
galacticLatitude_deg about −30.6
galacticLongitude_deg about 203.4
hasColor white
hasCompanion opticalCompanionsOnly
hasTraditionalName Cursa NERFINISHED
hdNumber HD 24760 NERFINISHED
hemisphereVisibility bothNorthernAndSouthern
hipparcosNumber HIP 18396 NERFINISHED
hrNumber HR 1325
isAmongBrightestInConstellation yes
isBrightestInConstellation no
luminosity_solarLuminosity about 25
mass_solarMass about 2.0
metallicity_FeH about −0.1
nameEtymology from Arabic phrase meaning “the chair” or “the footstool”
parallax_mas about 36.9
parallaxError_mas about 0.2
properMotionDec_masPerYr about −40
properMotionRA_masPerYr about −79
radialVelocity_kmPerS about 20
radius_solarRadius about 2.4
rightAscension 05h 07m 50.98s
rotationalVelocity_kmPerS about 196
simbadId bet Eri
spectralType A3III
variableStarType suspectedVariable
visibleFromEarthWithNakedEye yes

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Eridanus containsStar Cursa