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34 Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0       Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 32m 39.87069s [1]
Declination +10° 03′ 57.6306″ [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.48 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A1 V [3] [4]
B−V color index −0.007±0.007 [2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−11.0±7.4 [5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +4.517 [1]  mas/ yr
Dec.: −6.139 [1]  mas/ yr
Parallax (π)5.7408 ± 0.0912  mas [1]
Distance568 ± 9  ly
(174 ± 3  pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.40 [2]
Details
Mass2.67±0.09 [6]  M
Radius2.7 [7]  R
Luminosity69.84 [2]  L
Temperature9,661±111 [6]  K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)18 [6] km/s
Age336 [2]  Myr
Other designations
34 Cnc, BD+10°1818, GC 11689, HD 72359, HIP 41904, HR 3372, SAO 97902 [4]
Database references
SIMBAD data

34 Cancri is a star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer, located about 568  light years away from the Sun. [1] It is a challenge to view with the naked even under good viewing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.48. [2] At the distance of this star, its visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.14 due to interstellar dust. [8]

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V. [3] It is a chemically peculiar star, possibly of the magnetic-type (CP2), showing an abnormal abundance of strontium. [9] The star is an estimated 336 [2] million years old with only a moderate projected rotational velocity of 18 km/s. [6] It has an estimated 2.7 [6] times the mass of the Sun and about 2.7 [7] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 70 [2] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,661 K. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv: 1108.4971, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A, doi: 10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID  119257644.
  3. ^ a b Cowley, A.; et al. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal, 74: 375–406, Bibcode: 1969AJ.....74..375C, doi: 10.1086/110819.
  4. ^ a b "34 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  5. ^ 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, arXiv: 1208.3048, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID  59451347, A61.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Zorec, J.; et al. (2012), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. IV. Evolution of rotational velocities", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 537: A120, arXiv: 1201.2052, Bibcode: 2012A&A...537A.120Z, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117691, S2CID  55586789.
  7. ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv: astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID  425754.
  8. ^ Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694–706, arXiv: 1606.09028, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..694G, doi: 10.1134/S1063773712110035, S2CID  119108982.
  9. ^ Wraight, K. T.; et al. (February 2012), "A photometric study of chemically peculiar stars with the STEREO satellites - I. Magnetic chemically peculiar stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 420 (1): 757–772, arXiv: 1110.6283, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.420..757W, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20090.x, S2CID  14811051.