SAO 98087

E591400

SAO 98087 is a star in the constellation Cancer, known more commonly by its Bayer designation Delta Cancri.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf star
belongsToMilkyWayGalaxy true
hasAge about 1 billion years
hasApparentMagnitudeV 3.94
hasBayerDesignation Delta Cancri NERFINISHED
hasColorIndexBminusV +1.02
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc
hasConstellationFamily Zodiac constellations
hasDeclination +18° 09′ 15″
hasDistanceFromEarth approximately 290 light-years
hasEclipticLongitude near the ecliptic
hasEffectiveTemperature about 4800 K
hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS NERFINISHED
hasFlamsteedDesignation 8 Cancri NERFINISHED
hasGalacticLatitude +32.52°
hasGalacticLongitude 206.87°
hasHDDesignation HD 74442 NERFINISHED
hasHIPDesignation HIP 42911 NERFINISHED
hasHRDesignation HR 3449 NERFINISHED
hasLuminosity about 60 times solar luminosity
hasMainSequenceStatus evolved off the main sequence
hasMass about 2.5 solar masses
hasMetallicity near solar
hasParallax 11.23 mas
hasPhotometricSystem Johnson V NERFINISHED
hasProperMotionInDec −13 mas/yr
hasProperMotionInRA −46 mas/yr
hasProperName Asellus Australis NERFINISHED
hasRadialVelocity about +23 km/s
hasRadius about 11 solar radii
hasRightAscension 08h 44m 41s
hasSAOIdentifier SAO 98087
hasSimbadIdentifier * del Cnc NERFINISHED
hasSpectralType K0III
hasStellarClassification giant star
hasSurfaceGravityLogg about 2.5
hasTraditionalNameMeaning Southern little donkey
hasTraditionalNameOrigin Latin
hasVariableStarStatus not known to be variable
isBrightestStarInConstellationRegion one of the brighter stars in Cancer
isOccultedByMoon true
isOccultedByPlanets occasionally
isPartOfAsterism Aselli NERFINISHED
isReferencePointFor location of the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe)
isVisibleToNakedEye true
locatedInConstellation Cancer NERFINISHED

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