Stars in Cancer

The brightest star in Cancer is bet Cnc, at apparent magnitude 3.51 and 290 ly from Earth, one of 116 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 11 of them carrying a name.

Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →

#StarMagnitudeDistanceClassTemperature
1bet Cnc3.51290 lyK4 III4,092 K
2Tarf3.53303 lyK4III~3,822 K
3Asellus Australis3.94131 lyK0III~4,552 K
4Iota Cnc4.03331 lyG8Iab:~4,726 K
5Acubens4.26188 lyA5m~8,650 K
6Asellus Borealis4.66181 lyA1IV~10,002 K
7Tegmine4.6781.8 lyG0V~6,252 K
8Nahn5.16373 lyK0III~4,816 K
9Piautos5.92457 lyB9.5V~10,639 K
1055 Cnc5.9541.0 lyG8 V5,198 K
11Copernicus5.9640.3 lyG8V~5,081 K
12Meleph6.29587 lyAm~8,403 K
13HD 733446.89115 lyF6 V6,253 K
14HD 724907.82412 lyG54,934 K
15HD 757847.84279 lyG54,867 K
16HD 794988.05160 lyG55,748 K
17HD 735348.23272 lyG54,917 K
18Gakyid8.23264 lyG5~4,836 K
19HIP 413788.93347 lyF66,290 K
20KELT-179.23739 lyA7,454 K
21HD 806539.45358 lyG0 V5,959 K
22K2-3309.61522 lyF-type6,232 K
23NGC 2682 Sand 9789.812,681 lyK4 III4,200 K
24TIC 172900988 Aa10.14819 lyF96,050 K
25EPIC 21194520110.15593 lyG06,069 K
26K2-18410.35247 lyG-type5,245 K
27K2-37610.41527 lyG15,937 K
28Pr020110.45589 lyF-type6,174 K
29K2-37310.47749 lyF-type6,138 K
30K2-10010.65616 lyG0 V5,945 K
31TOI-550210.88811 lyF-type6,089 K
32K2-35211.13574 lyG-type5,791 K
33TOI-551511.15442 lyG-type5,484 K
34K2-33111.30690 lyG-type5,994 K
35K2-34211.34680 lyG-type5,920 K
36K2-3411.451,137 lyF6,168 K
37K2-26311.57530 lyG9 V5,368 K
38K2-10511.75646 lyK15,373 K
39K2-26911.781,177 lyF-type6,209 K
40K2-18211.83505 lyK-type5,128 K
41K2-33411.841,213 lyF-type6,502 K
42WASP-6511.87893 lyG65,600 K
43K2-34611.90344 lyK-type4,801 K
44K2-27511.97403 lyK-type4,841 K
45K2-33312.071,122 lyG-type5,880 K
46Pr021112.16596 lyG-type5,300 K
47TIC 43704114712.17804 lyG-type5,224 K
48K2-9812.221,692 lyF8 V6,260 K
49K2-18512.23875 lyG-type5,788 K
50Kaewkosin12.3375.9 lym
51GJ 347012.3396.0 lyM1.53,600 K
52K2-10812.341,557 lyG-type5,599 K
53K2-33712.381,375 lyG-type5,869 K
54K2-18612.411,079 lyG-type5,784 K
55K2-9712.492,865 lyK-type4,673 K
56TIC 1894272912.54376 lyK-type4,360 K
57K2-33512.561,820 lyF-type6,222 K
58K2-18012.56665 lyK2 V5,365 K
59K2-34812.57658 lyK-type5,077 K
60K2-18812.661,457 lyG-type5,977 K
61K2-18112.671,177 lyG-type5,528 K
62NGC 2682 Sand 142912.702,781 lyF9.5 V6,000 K
63K2-34112.721,374 lyG-type5,817 K
64K2-37412.781,172 lyG35,789 K
65K2-33612.80780 lyG-type5,424 K
66K2-18312.871,073 lyG-type5,482 K
67K2-10112.89614 lyK34,927 K
68K2-10213.08614 lyK54,695 K
69K2-18713.101,079 lyG-type5,438 K
70K2-12213.11235 lyM04,009 K
7155 Cnc B13.1540.7 lyM4.5 V3,286 K
72K2-37513.162,270 lyG-type5,822 K
73K2-27413.18745 lyK-type5,044 K
74K2-12113.23553 lyK-type4,526 K
75K2-27313.251,005 lyK-type5,161 K
76K2-35613.271,160 lyG-type5,568 K
77HAT-P-4313.281,725 lyF95,693 K
78K2-33813.32512 lyK-type4,558 K
79K2-34413.42245 lyK-type4,374 K
80K2-11513.441,349 lyG45,870 K
81K2-37213.591,513 lyG-type5,479 K
82NGC 2682 YBP 40113.702,710 lyF9 V6,165 K
83K2-35813.701,567 lyG-type5,650 K
84K2-35513.711,632 lyG-type5,790 K
85K2-35713.751,688 lyG-type5,794 K
86G 9-4013.8291.1 lyM2.5 V3,395 K
87TOI-548913.82147 lyM-type3,547 K
88K2-27113.851,841 lyG-type5,644 K
89K2-27013.85915 lyK-type4,877 K
90K2-26813.851,069 lyK-type5,106 K
91K2-27213.871,380 lyG-type5,397 K
92K2-11814.001,049 lyK-type4,726 K
93K2-34014.432,407 lyG-type5,532 K
94K2-33914.491,175 lyK-type4,857 K
95K2-37114.491,444 lyK-type4,925 K
96K2-11414.551,552 lyK-type4,899 K
97NGC 2682 YBP 119414.572,847 lyG5 V5,780 K
98K2-11714.64331 lyM1.0 V3,778 K
99K2-27614.651,592 lyK-type5,139 K
100NGC 2682 YBP 151414.682,982 lyG5 V5,725 K
101TOI-52114.69199 lyM33,544 K
102K2-12314.78527 lyK-type4,035 K
103K2-11914.821,192 lyK-type4,740 K
104EPIC 21182279715.13607 lyM04,057 K
105K2-34715.151,045 lyK-type4,599 K
106K2-35415.30299 lyM-type3,669 K
107K2-41515.3371.2 lyM5 V3,173 K
108K2-34515.72530 lyK-type3,779 K
109K2-10415.99617 lyM2.5e3,712 K
110K2-34316.01542 lyK-type3,804 K
111K2-419 A16.52876 lyK-type3,711 K
112K2-12416.69458 lyM-type3,570 K
113K2-14616.70259 lyM3.0 V3,385 K
114K2-26416.70605 lyM2.5 V3,660 K
115K2-9517.24587 lyM3.03,566 K
116K2-332402 lyM-type3,315 K
Common questions

What is the brightest star in Cancer?

The brightest star in Cancer is bet Cnc, at apparent magnitude 3.51 and 290 ly from Earth, one of 116 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 11 of them carrying a name.

What is the nearest star in Cancer?

The nearest of them is Copernicus, 40 ly away.

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