Asellus Borealis

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Asellus Borealis is a traditional star name referring to one of the stars in the constellation Cancer, historically paired with Asellus Australis as the "northern donkey."

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star
traditional star name
hasApparentMagnitudeV 4.66
hasBayerConstellation Cancri NERFINISHED
hasBayerDesignation Gamma Cancri NERFINISHED
hasBayerLetter γ
hasCatalogDesignation BD+21 1907 NERFINISHED
FK5 320 NERFINISHED
HD 73471 NERFINISHED
HIP 42402 NERFINISHED
HR 3429 NERFINISHED
SAO 80481 NERFINISHED
hasColorIndexBminusV +0.02
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc NERFINISHED
hasConstellationFamily Zodiac NERFINISHED
hasCulturalAssociation donkey star near the Beehive Cluster
hasDeclinationEpochJ2000 +21° 28′ 07″
hasDiscoveryStatus visible since antiquity
hasDistanceLightYears approximately 290
hasEclipticLatitude +0.7
hasEclipticLongitude 128.4
hasEffectiveTemperatureKelvin about 9100
hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED
hasFlamsteedDesignation 43 Cancri NERFINISHED
hasGalacticLatitude +32.5
hasGalacticLongitude 205.3
hasLatinMeaning northern donkey
hasLuminositySolar about 60
hasMassSolar about 2.5
hasObservationBand optical
hasParallaxMilliarcseconds 11.3
hasProperName Asellus Borealis NERFINISHED
hasRadialVelocityKmPerSec about +30
hasRadiusSolar about 3
hasRightAscensionEpochJ2000 08h 43m 17s
hasRotationalVelocityKmPerSec about 130
hasSpectralType A1IV
hasTraditionalNameOrigin Latin
hasVariableType constant star (no significant variability known)
isAssociatedWith Praesepe NERFINISHED
isInConstellation Cancer NERFINISHED
isInIAUConstellation Cancer NERFINISHED
isInNorthernCelestialHemisphere true
isInZodiacConstellation Cancer NERFINISHED
isMemberOf Milky Way NERFINISHED
isPairedWith Asellus Australis NERFINISHED
isPartOfAsterism Aselli NERFINISHED
isUsedFor celestial navigation (historically)
isVisibleToNakedEye true

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

Asellus Australis pairedTraditionalName Asellus Borealis