Chi Cancri

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χ Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 20m 03.86158s[1]
Declination +27° 13′ 03.7416″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.14[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6V[3]
U−B color index –0.06[2]
B−V color index +0.47[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) +32.91[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –16.36[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –376.65[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 54.73 ± 0.32[1] mas
Distance 59.6 ± 0.3 ly
(18.3 ± 0.1 pc)
Details
Mass 1.070[3] M
Radius 1.3870 ± 0.0276[3] R
Luminosity 2.4378 ± 0.0341[3] L
Temperature 6,130 ± 58[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.26[3] dex
Age 5.8[3] Gyr
Other designations
18 Cancri, BD+27°1589, FK5 1217, Gl 303, HD 69897, HIP 40843, HR 3262, SAO 80104.

Chi Cancri (χ Cnc, χ Cancri) is a star in the constellation Cancer.

χ Cancri is a yellow-white F-type main sequence star with an apparent magnitude of +5.13. It is approximately 59.6 light years from Earth.

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