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For other stars with this Bayer designation, see φ Cancri.

Phi2 Cancri (φ2 Cancri) is a binary star in the constellation Cancer, about 280 light-years from Earth. Both components are white A-type main-sequence dwarfs with apparent magnitudes of +6.3. They are separated by 5.126 arcseconds on the sky, and their mean apparent brightness is +5.55 magnitudes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
  2. ^ a b c Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
  3. ^ a b c 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, S2CID 119257644.
  4. ^ "* phi02 Cnc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-06-09.


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