Al Tarf

E572592

Al Tarf is a bright giant star in the constellation Cancer, designated as Beta Cancri and visible to the naked eye.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Al Tarf canonical 2
al-tarf 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bright giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
belongsToPopulation Galactic thin disk ⓘ
hasAge on the order of a few billion years ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 4 Cnc ⓘ
Beta Cnc ⓘ
linked to: Beta Cancri

β Cnc ⓘ
linked to: Beta Cancri
hasApparentMagnitude approximately 3.5 ⓘ
hasArabicNameMeaning the End ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation β Cancri ⓘ
linked to: Beta Cancri
hasBDDesignation BD+09 1905 ⓘ
hasColorIndexBMinusV about +1.48 ⓘ
hasColorIndexUMinusB about +1.80 ⓘ
hasConstellationAbbreviation Cnc ⓘ
hasDeclination approximately +09° 11′ ⓘ
hasDesignation Beta Cancri ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 290 light-years ⓘ
about 90 parsecs ⓘ
hasEffectiveTemperature about 4000 K ⓘ
hasEquinox J2000.0 ⓘ
hasEvolutionaryStage red giant branch ⓘ
hasFlamsteedDesignation 4 Cancri ⓘ
hasGalacticLatitude about +22° ⓘ
hasGalacticLongitude about 216° ⓘ
hasHDDesignation HD 69267 ⓘ
hasHIPDesignation HIP 40526 ⓘ
hasHRDesignation HR 3249 ⓘ
hasLuminosity about 660 times solar luminosity ⓘ
hasMass about 1.7 solar masses ⓘ
hasMetallicity slightly above solar ⓘ
hasParallax about 6.3 milliarcseconds ⓘ
hasProperMotionDec about −11 mas/yr ⓘ
hasProperMotionRA about −23 mas/yr ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity about +22 km/s ⓘ
hasRadius about 47 solar radii ⓘ
hasRightAscension approximately 08h 16m ⓘ
hasSpectralClass K-type giant ⓘ
hasSpectralType K4III ⓘ
hasSurfaceGravityLogG about 1.5 ⓘ
hasVariableStatus not known to be variable ⓘ
isDominantColor orange ⓘ
isOneOfBrightestStarsInConstellation Cancer ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Cancer ⓘ
locatedInGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
orbits Milky Way center ⓘ
visibleTo naked eye ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Beta Cancri → otherName → Al Tarf ⓘ
Altarf → hasArabicNameEtymology → al-tarf ⓘ
linked to: Al Tarf
HD 69267 → hasAlternateName → Al Tarf ⓘ