19 Capricorni

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:36 | Tran: 5:59 | Set: 10:23

Alt: 7.14° Az: 130.75° Direction: South-East

19 Capricorni is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

19 Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, 19 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.

DSS2 image of 19 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 20h 56m 13s

Declination -17° 49’ 30”

Hour Angle 20h 31m 25s

Sidereal Time 17h 27m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 20h 54m 47s

Declination -17° 55’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 29.33°

Galactic Latitude -35.06°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.78

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.36

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.12

Temperature 4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

19 Capricorni is distant 395.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 121.21

Distance (light year) 395.15

Radial Speed -39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 19 Capricorni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD199012

SAO Catalogue SAO163975

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP103226

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 5805

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 19 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.8° RISE 1:36

Max altitude: 20.7° TRANSIT 5:59

Azimuth: 252.2° SET 10:23

Set Location

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