bet Cnc

E579972
K-type star star

bet Cnc is the Bayer designation for Altarf, a bright K-type giant star in the constellation Cancer.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bet Cnc 0

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf K-type star ⓘ
star ⓘ
angularSeparationFromCompanionArcseconds about 29 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 3.53 ⓘ
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorIndexBminusV 1.44 ⓘ
companionApparentMagnitude about 14 ⓘ
declination +09° 11′ 08″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarthLightYears about 303 ⓘ
effectiveTemperatureKelvin about 4000 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED ⓘ
evolutionaryStage red giant branch star ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Bet Cnc ⓘ
β Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCompanion Bet Cnc B ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation Beta Cancri NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHDDesignation HD 69267 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHIPDesignation HIP 40526 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHRDesignation HR 3249 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProperName Altarf NERFINISHED ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility northern hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ
luminosityInSolarLuminosities about 660 ⓘ
massInSolarMasses about 1.7 ⓘ
metallicityFeH about 0.14 ⓘ
multiplicity binary star system ⓘ
parallaxMilliarcseconds 10.75 ⓘ
radialVelocityKmPerSec 22 ⓘ
radiusInSolarRadii about 47 ⓘ
rightAscension 08h 16m 30s ⓘ
spectralType K4III ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning the End ⓘ
traditionalNameOriginLanguage Arabic ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

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

Altarf → hasSIMBADIdentifier → bet Cnc ⓘ