--- name: Tegmin (ΞΆ Cancri) constellation: Cnc created_by: editor.cs created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00 updated_by: skybber updated_date: 2022-01-21 21:36:36.762520 --- triple constellation, the two most prominent components with 5.6mag and 6.2mag are 5.7" apart, which can be seen with a 5 cm telescope. Their mutual orbital period is about 1,100 years. The brighter star itself is a close binary - the companion of brightness about 6mag lies 0.8" apart. It can be resolved well with binoculars with a 300mm diameter lens. Its orbital period is 59.6 years; in 1991 its separation was only 0.5".