HD 74442

E584558

HD 74442 is a star in the constellation Cancer, known as Delta Cancri, which serves as an important reference point in stellar catalogs.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HD 74442 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star
hasApparentMagnitudeV 3.94
hasBayerDesignation Delta Cancri
hasBDNumber +18 1910
hasColor orange
hasColorIndexBminusV 1.02
hasConstellation Cancer
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc
hasCulturalAssociation part of the constellation Cancer
hasDeclination +18° 09′ 15″
hasDistanceFromEarth approximately 290 light-years
approximately 89 parsecs
hasEffectiveTemperature about 4800 K
hasEpoch J2000.0
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation 55 Cancri
hasGalacticLatitude +32° (approximate)
hasGalacticLongitude 206° (approximate)
hasGalacticPopulation thinDisk
hasHDNumber HD 74442
hasHIPNumber HIP 42911
hasHRNumber HR 3461
hasLuminosity about 60 times solar luminosity
hasLuminosityClass III
hasMass about 2.5 solar masses
hasMetallicity near-solar
hasParallax 11.23 mas
hasPhotometricSystem Johnson V
hasProperMotionInDec −13 mas/yr (approximate)
hasProperMotionInRA −23 mas/yr (approximate)
hasProperName Asellus Australis
hasRadialVelocity about +23 km/s
hasRadius about 10 solar radii
hasRightAscension 08h 44m 41s
hasSIMBADIdentifier * del Cnc
linked to: Cnc

HD 74442
hasSpectralType K0III
hasStellarClassification giantStar
hasVariableStarType non-variable
isNakedEyeVisible true
isPartOfAsterism body of Cancer
locatedInConstellation Cancer
usedAsReferenceStar true
visibleInBand visibleLight

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.