24 Capricorni

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:01 | Tran: 20:37 | Set: 0:13

Alt: -19.59° Az: 105.70° Direction: East-South-East

24 Capricorni is a double hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

24 Capricorni visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, 24 Capricorni is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 24 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 08m 34s

Declination -24° 54’ 17”

Hour Angle 17h 57m 36s

Sidereal Time 15h 06m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 07m 07s

Declination -25° 00’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 21.98°

Galactic Latitude -40.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 24 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.52

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.61

Temperature 3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

24 Capricorni is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 24 Capricorni double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.5

Secondary star magnitude 11.6

Magnitude difference 7.1

Separation 26.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Capricorni is distant 522.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 160.26

Distance (light year) 522.44

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Capricorni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD200914

SAO Catalogue SAO190025

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP104234

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2515235

FK5 Catalogue 791

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS14632

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.9° RISE 17:01

Max altitude: 13.6° TRANSIT 20:37

Azimuth: 245.1° SET 0:13

Set Location

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