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Star in the constellation Cancer For other stars with this Bayer designation, see μ Cancri.

Mu Cancri
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Location of μ Cancri (circled)
Constellation	Cancer
Right ascension	08 07 45.85581
Declination	+21° 34′ 54.5325″
Apparent magnitude (V)	+5.30
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	Subgiant
Spectral type	G2 IV
U−B color index	+0.21
B−V color index	+0.63
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	−36.0±0.1 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +23.610 mas/yr Dec.: −68.122 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	42.3605 ± 0.1251 mas
Distance	77.0 ± 0.2 ly (23.61 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	+3.46

Details

Mass	1.192+0.017 −0.016 `M`_☉
Radius	1.82 `R`_☉
Luminosity	3.782±0.015 `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.97±0.02 cgs
Temperature	5,809±59 K
Metallicity	0.11 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	3.7±0.3 km/s
Age	5.64+0.35 −0.14 Gyr

Other designations
μ Cnc, 10 Cancri, BD+22°1862, FK5 2630, HD 67228, HIP 39780, HR 3176, SAO 79959
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Mu Cancri is a solitary, yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.30. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 42.36 mas as seen from Earth, this star is located 77 light-years from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −36 km/s and will make its closest approach in about 611,100 years when it passes at a distance of 16.8 light-years (5.2 parsecs).

At the estimated age of 5.6 billion years, Mu Cancri is an evolving G-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of G2 IV. It has 1.2 times the mass of the Sun and 1.8 times the Sun's radius. Mu Cancri has relatively high metallicity—what astronomers term the abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium—having a 29% higher abundance compared to the Sun. It is radiating 3.78 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 5,809 K. The star is spinning at a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 3.7 km/s.

References

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^ Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
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^ Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542: A116, arXiv:1204.2459, Bibcode:2012A&A...542A.116A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, S2CID 53666672.
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"mu.02 Cnc", SIMBAD, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-06-17.
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Constellation of Cancer

Stars

Bayer	α (Acubens) β (Tarf) γ (Asellus Borealis) δ (Asellus Australis) ε (Meleph) ζ (Tegmine) ζ η θ ι κ λ (Piautos) μ μ ν ξ (Nahn) ο ο π π ρ (Copernicus) ρ σ σ σ τ υ υ φ φ χ ψ ψ ω ω
Flamsteed	1 3 5 7 8 11 12 15 20 (d) 21 24 25 (d) 27 28 (CX) 29 34 35 36 (c) 37 38 39 40 42 44 45 (A) 46 49 (b) 50 (A) 53 54 57 60 61 66 67 68 70 71 75 78 79 80 83
Variable	R X RS VZ AZ DX EI HL HM
HD	72945 72946 73534 (Gakyid) 79498
Other	GJ 3470 (Kaewkosin) HIP 41378 K2-187 LHS 2090 Pr0211 WD J0914+1914 YBP 1194

Exoplanets	55 Cancri b c d e f β Cancri b GJ 3470 b HD 73534 b HIP 41378 b c d e f Pr0201 b

Star clusters	Beehive Cluster Messier 67

Nebulae	Abell 30 Abell 31

Galaxies

NGC	2503 2535 2536 2608 2623 2648 2775 2801 2803 2804 2812
Other	3C 191 3C 212 3C 215 DLA0817g IC 2431 OJ 287 QSO B0839+187 UGC 4457 4C +29.30 SDSS J0849+1114

Galaxy clusters	Abell 671 Musket Ball Cluster