Pi(1) Cancri

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Proper names: Pi(1) Cancri, 81 Cancri, Pi Cancri
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 337, Henry Draper (HD) 79096, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +15°2003, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2114, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 45170, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 98427, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 3650
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 9h12m17.526s, +14°59'45.29" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 66.8 light-years (20.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.8492%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -48.0, 43.1, 17.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -42.8, -30.2, 41.5
Proper motion: 0.58 arcsec/yr (293.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: 50.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -75.4, -2.73, 1.13

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: K0 V
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.97
Combined visual luminosity: 0.90 x Sol
Period: 2.65 years
Semimajor Axis: 2.58 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.31
Periastron distance: 1.78 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 3.38 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1963.86
Source for orbit data: W.S. Finsen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -24.58
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -23.18
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -24.63
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -23.23


Component A:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.25
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.69
Visual luminosity: 0.46 x Sol
Diameter: 0.82 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.68 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.644653 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: K
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.30
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.74
Visual luminosity: 0.44 x Sol
Diameter: 0.82 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.66 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.659670 degrees

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but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.