star · A5m
Acubens
Acubens is a blue-white star (spectral type A5m) about 174 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 4.27 it is easy to see with the naked eye under a dark sky.
A star in Cancer; the name means "the claw".
Its light output is roughly 50 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).
From Germany (52° N) it rises and sets; it is best seen in the evening in February.
Key facts
- Distance
- ≈ 174 light-years
- Spectral type
- A5m (star)
- Colour
- Blue-white
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.27 mag
- Luminosity
- ≈ 50 × Sun
- Position
- Right ascension 8h 58m, declination 11.9°
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Data: Hipparcos / HYG catalogue (CC BY-SA 4.0). Luminosity and visibility are calculated estimates.