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17 Capricorni

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:13 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 21:14
Alt: -59.93°   Az: 358.37°   Direction: North

17 Capricorni is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

17 Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 17 Capricorni is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 17 Capricorni star
DSS2 image of 17 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 47m 36s
-21° 25’ 19”
11h 56m 29s
08h 44m 05s

J2000

20h 46m 09s
-21° 30’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

24.38°
-34.37°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 17 Capricorni star
Simplified finder chart for 17 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Hypergiant

1.34
A0
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Capricorni is distant 269.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

82.71
269.64
18 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

17 Capricorni
SAO189667
SAO189667

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.4°
Max altitude: 17.1°
Azimuth: 248.6°