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

Phi Cancri
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Cancer
Right ascension	08 26 47.06931
Declination	+26° 56′ 07.7515″
Apparent magnitude (V)	+5.54 (6.26 + 6.31)
Characteristics
Spectral type	A6V + A3V
Astrometry

Proper motion (μ)	RA: −9.60 mas/yr Dec.: +0.21 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	11.83 ± 0.71 mas
Distance	280 ± 20 ly (85 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	+2.65

Details

Luminosity	9.1 `L`_☉
Metallicity	−0.04±0.02 dex

Other designations
φ Cnc, 23 Cancri, BD+27° 1612, FK5 2633, HIP 41404
φ Cnc A: HD 71151, HR 3311, SAO 80188
φ Cnc B: HD 71150, HR 3310, SAO 80187
Database references
SIMBAD	φ Cnc A
	φ Cnc B

Phi Cancri (φ Cancri) is a binary star in the constellation Cancer, about 280 light-years from Earth. Both components are white A-type main-sequence dwarfs with apparent magnitudes of +6.3. They are separated by 5.126 arcseconds on the sky, and their mean apparent brightness is +5.55 magnitudes.

References

^ van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
"* phi02 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-06-09.

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

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