Acubens /ˈækjuːbɛnz/, Bayer designation Alpha Cancri (α Cancri, abbreviated Alpha Cnc, α Cnc), is a star system in the constellation of Cancer.
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The distance of Acubens calculated from the Gaia Data Release 2 parallax is roughly 50 parsecs from Earth, or approximately 164 light-years away.
Its [Acuben’s] stellar classification is given as kA7VmF0/2III/IVSr, indicating an Am star with calcium K-lines similar to an A7 main sequence star and hydrogen lines more like an F0 giant or subgiant star.
Acubens is a fourth-magnitude star with an apparent magnitude of 4.20, making it barely visible to the naked eye under good lighting conditions.