54 Cancri is a star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.38,[2] which places it just below the normal brightness limit of stars visible to the naked eye. The annual parallax shift is 24.79 mas as measured from Earth's orbit, which yields a distance estimate of about 132 light years. It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +45 km/s.[2]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cancer |
Right ascension | 08h 51m 01.4644s[1] |
Declination | +15° 21′ 02.364″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.38[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G5 V-IV[3] or G1V[4] |
B−V color index | 0.629±0.020[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +45.098±0.032[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −112.475[1] mas/yr Dec.: +75.099[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 24.79 ± 0.33 mas[1] |
Distance | 132 ± 2 ly (40.3 ± 0.5 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.39[2] |
Details[2] | |
Mass | 1.23±0.05 M☉ |
Radius | 1.81±0.20 R☉ |
Luminosity | 3.72+0.55 −0.48 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.04±0.04 cgs |
Temperature | 5,862±15 K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 3.10±0.56 km/s |
Age | 5.0+0.7 −0.4 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Measurement of the stars proper motion over time suggest changes due to an acceleration component, which may indicate it is a close binary system.[5] The visible component has a stellar classification of G5 V,[3] indicating it is an ordinary G-type main-sequence star that is generating energy through hydrogen fusion in its core region. Hall et al. (2007) classify it as a low-activity variable star.[3] The star is about five billion years old with a projected rotational velocity of 3.1 km/s. It has 1.23 times the mass of the Sun and 1.81 times the Sun's radius.[2]