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Beta Cancri
(HR 3249)
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Beta Cancrihas declination + 9 11 82001-09-27 09:31:23.0
has right ascension 8 16 30.92001-09-27 09:31:23.0
has spectral type K4IIIBa0.52001-09-27 09:31:23.0
has V magnitude 3.522001-09-27 09:31:23.0
has synonym HR 32492001-09-27 09:31:23.0
is a part of Cancerhas URL: http://www.seds.org/Maps/Const/Data/cancer_tab.html, 2001-09-27 09:31:23.0
has B-V magnitude 1.482001-09-27 09:31:23.0
is an instance of K star2001-09-27 09:31:23.0
is an instance of giant2001-09-27 09:31:23.0
is an instance of naked eye star2001-09-27 09:31:23.0
K starhas color orange to red2001-09-27 09:30:49.0
has surface temperature 3600 to 5000 K2001-09-27 09:30:49.0
gianthas luminosity class III2001-09-27 09:30:51.0
naked eye starhas been observed for many centuries2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is usually part of asterism2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
is a part of Milky Way2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has apparent magnitude brighter than 52001-09-27 09:30:25.0
starhas star surface temperature2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has B magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has U magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has position on celestial sphere from the point of view of Earth2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has parallax from the point of view of Earth's orbit2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has proper motion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has radiation at surface which is diffused out from the hotter core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy source gravitational contraction and or fusion2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has energy production which takes place primarily within the core2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has surface density which depends on luminosity class2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has absolute magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has age2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has catalog star catalog2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has material hydrogen, helium2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has velocity determined from proper motion and radial velocity2001-09-27 09:30:25.0
has mass greater than 0.08 the sun's mass2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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