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Beta Cancri (β Cnc β Cancri) is the brightest star in the constellation Cancer. It has the traditional name Tarf or Al Tarf (Altaraf) certainly a derivation from Arabic الطرف aṭ-ṭaraf the eye or طرفة aṭ-ṭarfah the glance (of Leo). It is approximately 290 light years from Earth.This is an orange K-type giant about 49 times the radius of the Sun with an apparent magnitude of +3.50 and absolute magnitude of -1.25 (visual).
