Theta Cancri, Latinised from θ Cancri, is a multiple star[7][3] system in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.32.[2] The system is located at a distance of approximately 450 light-years away from the Sun, based on parallax,[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +44 km/s.[4] Since it is near the ecliptic, it can be occulted by the Moon[8] and, very rarely, by planets.
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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| Constellation | Cancer |
| Right ascension | 08h 31m 35.73082s[1] |
| Declination | +18° 05′ 39.9166″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.323[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K5 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.949[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.565[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +44.47±0.19[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −60.438[1] mas/yr Dec.: −57.331[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.3204 ± 0.1826 mas[1] |
| Distance | 450 ± 10 ly (137 ± 3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.19[5] |
| Details | |
| Radius | 40.02+2.22 −2.35[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 353.1±10.1[1] L☉ |
| Temperature | 3,955+121 −105[1] K |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
The primary, designated component A, is K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, then cooled and expanded. At present it has 40[1] times the girth of the Sun. It is radiating 353[1] times the luminosity of the Sun at an effective temperature of 3,955 K.[1]
In Chinese astronomy, Ghost (Chinese: 鬼宿; pinyin: Guǐ Xiù) refers to an asterism consisting of Theta Cancri, Eta Cancri, Gamma Cancri and Delta Cancri.[9] Theta Cancri is the first star of Ghost (Chinese: 鬼宿一; pinyin: Guǐ Xiù yī), as it is also the determinative star for that asterism.[10]
References
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- ^ a b c d Gutierrez-Moreno, Adelina; et al. (1966), "A System of photometric standards", Publications of the Department of Astronomy University of Chile, 1, Publicaciones Universidad de Chile, Department de Astronomy: 1–17, Bibcode:1966PDAUC...1....1G.
- ^ a b c Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "tet Cnc -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-06-19.
- ^ Hartkopf, W. I.; McAlister, H. A. (January 1984), "Binary stars unresolved by speckle interferometry. III", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 96: 105–116, Bibcode:1984PASP...96..105H, doi:10.1086/131309.
- ^ White, Nathaniel M.; Feierman, Barry H. (September 1987), "A Catalog of Stellar Angular Diameters Measured by Lunar Occultation", Astronomical Journal, 94: 751, Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..751W, doi:10.1086/114513.
- ^ 陳久金 (2005). Zhōngguó Xīngzuò Shénhuà 中國星座神話 [Chinese Constellation Mythology]. 台灣古籍出版有限公司. p. 394. ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
- ^ 陳久金 (2005). Zhōngguó Xīngzuò Shénhuà 中國星座神話 [Chinese Constellation Mythology]. 台灣古籍出版有限公司. p. 193. ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.