5 Cancri

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5 Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.99[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[3]
Spectral type B9.5 Vn[4]
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Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)Script error: No such module "val".[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +4.12[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −5.43[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.2251±0.1419 mas[1]
DistanceTemplate:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly
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Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.09[2]
Details
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Radius3.1[7] Template:Solar radius
LuminosityScript error: No such module "val".[3] Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)4.5[4] cgs
TemperatureScript error: No such module "val".[3] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)188[3] km/s
Age36[4] Myr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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5 Cancri is a single[9] star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer, located around 520 light years away from the Sun. It is just visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.99.[2] This object is moving closer to the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10 km/s.[5]

At one point this was thought to be a spectroscopic binary system. It is a Be star with a weak circumstellar disk of gas that has around three times the radius of the host star.[10] The stellar classification of 5 Cancri is B9.5 Vn,[4] matching a B-type main-sequence star with "nebulous" lines due to rapid rotation. It is 36[4] million years old with a high projected rotational velocity of 188 km/s.[3] The star has 2.9[3] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.1[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 121[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,727 K.[3]

See also

References

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