Magnitude 6.29 Apparent magnitude (V) 6.29 | Constellation Cancer | |
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Epsilon Cancri (ε Cnc, ε Cancri) is a star in the constellation Cancer. ε Cancri is one of the brighter members of the Beehive Cluster, and the Bayer designation ε Cancri originally referred to the entire cluster.
ε Cancri is a class A5III white A-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +6.29. It is approximately 590 light years away from Earth based on parallax.
It is a spectroscopic binary, with an orbit of 35 days and eccentricity of 0.32.
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