Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Cancer |
Right ascension | 08h 55m 39.68055s [1] |
Declination | +27° 55′ 38.9299″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.22 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8 III [3] or G8 II-III [4] |
U−B color index | +0.78 [2] |
B−V color index | +1.00 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +16.3±0.3 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −12.24
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −33.79 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 6.70 ± 0.32 mas [1] |
Distance | 490 ± 20
ly (149 ± 7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.13 [3] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.59 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 24.2 [3] R☉ |
Luminosity | 310 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.46 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 4,994 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.11 [7] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 8.1 [3] km/s |
Age | 234 [6] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Rho2 Cancri (ρ2 Cancri) is a solitary, [4] yellow-hued star in the constellation Cancer. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.22, [2] it is visible to the naked eye on a dark night. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 6.70 mas as seen from Earth, [1] this star is located around 490 light-years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.06 due to interstellar dust. [6]
At the age of about 234 [6] million years, is an evolved, G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8 III. [3] It has an estimated 3.6 [6] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 24 [3] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 310 [3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,994 K. [7]