Astronomy:36 Cancri
Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Cancer |
Right ascension | 08h 37m 05.76881s[1] |
Declination | +09° 39′ 20.08650″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.92[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | main sequence[3] |
Spectral type | A3 V[4][5] |
B−V color index | 0.083±0.003[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +16.4±2.5[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −28.271[1] mas/yr Dec.: −4.237[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 6.5093 ± 0.0735[1] mas |
Distance | 501 ± 6 ly (154 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.05[2] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.66±0.05[3] M☉ |
Radius | 2.0[7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 93.1+13.2 −11.6[3] L☉ |
Temperature | 8472+98 −97[3] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 44[3] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
36 Cancri is a star in the southern part of the zodiac constellation of Cancer, located around 501 light years away from the Sun. It has the Bayer designation c Cancri; 36 Cancri is the Flamsteed designation. This object is a visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.92.[2] It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +16 km/s.[6]
This is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A3 V,[4] which indicates it is generating energy through hydrogen fusion at its core. It has a projected rotational velocity of 44 km/s, with 2.66[3] times the mass of the Sun and double the Sun's radius.[7] The star is radiating 93[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,472 K.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Zorec, J. et al. (2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy and Astrophysics 537: A120, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cowley, A. et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal 74: 375–406, doi:10.1086/110819, Bibcode: 1969AJ.....74..375C.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "36 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=36+Cnc.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367: 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36 Cancri.
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