Cursa

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Cursa is a bright star in the constellation Eridanus, often noted as one of its most prominent and easily visible members.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cursa canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf star ⓘ
age_Myr about 440 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beta Eridani ⓘ
β Eri ⓘ
linked to: Beta Eridani

β Eridani ⓘ
linked to: Beta Eridani
apparentMagnitudeV 2.79 ⓘ
bayerDesignation Beta Eridani ⓘ
belongsTo Milky Way ⓘ
catalog Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
Henry Draper Catalogue ⓘ
Hipparcos Catalogue ⓘ
colorIndexBMinusV 0.09 ⓘ
constellation Eridanus ⓘ
declination −05° 05′ 11.2″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 89 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 27 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 8600 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage giantStar ⓘ
flamsteedDesignation 12 Eridani ⓘ
linked to: Beta Eridani
galacticLatitude_deg about −30.6 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg about 203.4 ⓘ
hasColor white ⓘ
hasCompanion opticalCompanionsOnly ⓘ
hasTraditionalName Cursa ⓘ
hdNumber HD 24760 ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility bothNorthernAndSouthern ⓘ
hipparcosNumber HIP 18396 ⓘ
hrNumber HR 1325 ⓘ
isAmongBrightestInConstellation yes ⓘ
isBrightestInConstellation no ⓘ
luminosity_solarLuminosity about 25 ⓘ
mass_solarMass about 2.0 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH about −0.1 ⓘ
nameEtymology from Arabic phrase meaning “the chair” or “the footstool” ⓘ
parallax_mas about 36.9 ⓘ
parallaxError_mas about 0.2 ⓘ
properMotionDec_masPerYr about −40 ⓘ
properMotionRA_masPerYr about −79 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerS about 20 ⓘ
radius_solarRadius about 2.4 ⓘ
rightAscension 05h 07m 50.98s ⓘ
rotationalVelocity_kmPerS about 196 ⓘ
simbadId bet Eri ⓘ
spectralType A3III ⓘ
variableStarType suspectedVariable ⓘ
visibleFromEarthWithNakedEye yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.