Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Iota Cancri is a double star in the constellation Cancer. The brighter component is approximately 298 light years from Earth. The brighter star is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.02. The companion is a white A-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +6.58. The two stars are separated by 30.5 arcseconds on the sky, and are resolvable through a small telescope.