Sigma2 Cancri, Latinized from σ2 Cancri, is the Bayer designation for a solitary,[8] white-hued star in the constellation Cancer.
It is faintly visible to the naked eye, with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.44.
[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.79 mas as seen from Earth,[1] this star is located around 194 light years from the Sun.
With an estimated age of 441[6] million years, this is an A-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of A7 IV.
[3] It is spinning relatively rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 133 K.[3] The star has an estimated 1.8[6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 21.5[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of roughly 8,309 K.[6]