36 Capricorni

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:31 | Tran: 21:30 | Set: 1:32

Alt: -50.05° Az: 305.13° Direction: North-West

36 Capricorni is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Capricornus.

36 Capricorni visual magnitude is 4.51. Because of its moderate brightness, 36 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 36 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Capricorni during the next 1000 years (2.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 30m 07s

Declination -21° 41’ 53”

Hour Angle 09h 42m 19s

Sideral Time 07h 12m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 28m 43s

Declination -21° 48’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 27.97°

Galactic Latitude -43.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 36 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.51

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.91

Temperature 4970K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Capricorni is distant 179.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 55.01

Distance (light year) 179.32

Radial Speed -22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.138 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Capricorni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD204381

SAO Catalogue SAO190374

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106039

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 5692

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.7° RISE 17:31

Max altitude: 16.8° TRANSIT 21:30

Azimuth: 248.3° SET 1:32

Set Location

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