SAO 98087

E591400

SAO 98087 is a star in the constellation Cancer, known more commonly by its Bayer designation Delta Cancri.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SAO 98087 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star
belongsToMilkyWayGalaxy true
hasAge about 1 billion years
hasApparentMagnitudeV 3.94
hasBayerDesignation Delta Cancri
hasColorIndexBminusV +1.02
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc
hasConstellationFamily Zodiac constellations
hasDeclination +18° 09′ 15″
hasDistanceFromEarth approximately 290 light-years
hasEclipticLongitude near the ecliptic
hasEffectiveTemperature about 4800 K
hasEquatorialCoordinateSystem ICRS
hasFlamsteedDesignation 8 Cancri
hasGalacticLatitude +32.52°
hasGalacticLongitude 206.87°
hasHDDesignation HD 74442
hasHIPDesignation HIP 42911
hasHRDesignation HR 3449
hasLuminosity about 60 times solar luminosity
hasMainSequenceStatus evolved off the main sequence
hasMass about 2.5 solar masses
hasMetallicity near solar
hasParallax 11.23 mas
hasPhotometricSystem Johnson V
hasProperMotionInDec −13 mas/yr
hasProperMotionInRA −46 mas/yr
hasProperName Asellus Australis
hasRadialVelocity about +23 km/s
hasRadius about 11 solar radii
hasRightAscension 08h 44m 41s
hasSAOIdentifier SAO 98087
hasSimbadIdentifier * del Cnc
linked to: Cnc
hasSpectralType K0III
hasStellarClassification giant star
hasSurfaceGravityLogg about 2.5
hasTraditionalNameMeaning Southern little donkey
hasTraditionalNameOrigin Latin
hasVariableStarStatus not known to be variable
isBrightestStarInConstellationRegion one of the brighter stars in Cancer
isOccultedByMoon true
isOccultedByPlanets occasionally
isPartOfAsterism Aselli
isReferencePointFor location of the Beehive Cluster (Praesepe)
isVisibleToNakedEye true
locatedInConstellation Cancer

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

HIP 42911 catalogDesignation SAO 98087
Delta Cancri hasCatalogDesignation SAO 98087
subject linked to: BD+18 2029