Tau Cancri
Sign in to saveAlso known as HD 78235, HIC 44818, HIP 44818, HR 3621, τ Cnc, τ Cancri, 72 Cnc, 72 Cancri
star in the constellation Cancer
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tau Cancri is referenced by 158 other articles, and connects out to HIP 41378, list of stars in Cancer and year.
It is catalogued under topics including Bayer objects, Bright Star Catalogue objects and Cancer (constellation).
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- G8III
- Distance
- 271 light-years
- Redshift
- z = -0.000046491082878352685
- Coordinates
- RA 137.0002° · Dec 29.6542°
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Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Distance from Earth
- 83.094
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- catalog code
- UBV M 15091
- spectral class
- G5
- apparent magnitude
- 5.189889
- effective temperature
- 5070
- parallax
- 12.0346
- surface gravity
- 2000
- radial velocity
- -13.938
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.03
- stellar rotational velocity
- 1.95
- absolute magnitude
- 0.81
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -32.199
- declination component of proper motion
- 2.64
- right ascension
- 137.00020890672
- declination
- 29.6542321328
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