Phi1 Cancri

Phi1 Cancri
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 26m 27.706s
Declination +27° 53′ 36.89″
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.57
Characteristics
Spectral type K5 III
U−B color index +1.68
B−V color index +1.40
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+25.25±0.19 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −33.427 mas/yr
Dec.: −115.457 mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.5571±0.0757 mas
Distance432 ± 4 ly
(132 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.29
Details
Mass1.27+1.21
−0.45
 M
Radius27 R
Luminosity195+14
−13
 L
Temperature4,100±80 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.134±0.093 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.3 km/s
Other designations
φ1 Cnc, 22 Cancri, BD+28°1602, FK5 2656, HD 71093, HIP 41377, HR 3304, SAO 80181
Database references
SIMBADdata

Phi1 Cancri is a solitary, orange-hued star in the constellation Cancer. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from φ1 Cancri, and abbreviated Phi1 Cnc or φ1 Cnc. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.57. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.56 mas, it is approximately 432 light-years (132 pc) distant from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a line of sight velocity of +25 km/s.

This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III, having exhausted the hydrogen at its core then expanded off from the main sequence. The measured angular diameter of this star, after correction for limb darkening, is 1.87±0.02 mas. At the estimated distance of Phi1 Cancri, this yields a physical size of about 27 times the radius of the Sun. It has 1.3 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 195 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,100 K.