Epsilon Cancri

Epsilon Cancri (ε Cancri, abbreviated Epsilon Cnc, ε Cnc) is a white-hued binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Cancer. It is the brightest member of the Beehive Cluster[12] with an apparent visual magnitude of +6.29,[2] which is near the lower limit of visibility with the naked eye. The annual parallax shift of 5.3 mas as seen from Earth yields a distance estimate of approximately 616 light-years from the Sun.

ε Cancri
Location of ε Cancri (circled red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cancer
Right ascension 08h 40m 27.01052s[1]
Declination 19° 32′ 41.3133″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.29[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A5 III[3]
U−B color index +0.16[4]
B−V color index +0.17[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+29.9±1.1[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −36.301[6] mas/yr
Dec.: −12.291[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.2937 ± 0.0781[6] mas
Distance616 ± 9 ly
(189 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.00[2]
Orbit[7]
Period (P)35.202±0.033 d
Eccentricity (e)0.32±0.04
Periastron epoch (T)2448313.5 ± 0.7
Argument of periastron (ω)
(secondary)		265±5°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)		53.0±1.9 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)		67.8±3.9 km/s
Details
Luminosity83.50[2] L☉
Temperature7,851[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)82[10] km/s
Age729[11] Myr
Other designations
CCDM J08404+1932, WDS J08405+1933
ε Cancri: Meleph, ε Cnc, 41 Cancri, BD+20° 2171, GC 11904, HD 73731, HIP 42556, HR 3429, SAO 98024, GSC 01395-02733
HD 73711: Meleph, BD+20° 2163, GC 11893, HD 73711, SAO 98018
Database references
SIMBADε Cancri
HD 73711

The binary pair has the designation WDS J08405+1933. The primary star is designated Epsilon Cancri and the secondary is HD 73711. Epsilon Cancri is itself a spectroscopic binary with components designated Aa (also named Meleph[13]) and Ab. HD 73711 is itself suspected of being a spectroscopic binary.[14]

Nomenclature
The central stars of Praesepe. ε Cancri is the brightest star, left of centre (north is towards bottom right).

ε Cancri (Latinised to Epsilon Cancri) is the system's Bayer designation (which originally referred to the entire cluster[15]).

In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[16] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems.[17] It approved the name Meleph for the component Epsilon Cancri Aa on 5 September 2017 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[13]

Properties

The system is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +30 km/s.[5]

Epsilon Cancri A is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 35 days and eccentricity of 0.32.[7] It has a stellar classification of A5 III,[3] which matches an A-type giant star. The spectrum displays the chemically peculiar characteristics of an Am star.[18] Its spectral type has been listed as kA3hA5mF0, indicating the different spectral types shown by spectral lines of calcium, hydrogen, and other metals.[19] The age of the system is estimated to be around 729 million years.[11]

HD 73711 is another Am star F-type star with a stellar classification of F0 III.

References
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  2. 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. Vizier catalog entry
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  4. Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 42 (2): 443. Bibcode:2014JAVSO..42..443M.Vizier catalog entry
  5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61.
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