A-type star · white star

Omega² Cnc

Omega² Cnc is a white star in the constellation Cancer 476 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 9,847 K, about 1.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 55.06× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 476 years ago.

476 lybrightness mag 6.32A1V

Also catalogued as HR 3132 · HD 65856 · HIP 39263

9,847 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
55.06× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A1V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
476 years
at light speed from Earth
1.71×
as hot as the Sun
55.06×
the Sun's light output
0.50
absolute magnitude
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Omega² CncA-type
Sky regionCancerthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cancer

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.