37 Capricorni

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:20 | Tran: 4:33 | Set: 8:43

Alt: -48.00° Az: 54.85° Direction: South-South-West

37 Capricorni is a main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Capricornus.

37 Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 37 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 37 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 36m 16s

Declination -19° 58’ 11”

Hour Angle 14h 22m 24s

Sidereal Time 11h 58m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 34m 50s

Declination -20° 05’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 30.88°

Galactic Latitude -44.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 37 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.69

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.52

Spectral Type F1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

37 Capricorni is distant 88.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 27.13

Distance (light year) 88.44

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 37 Capricorni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD205289

SAO Catalogue SAO190461

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106559

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 6237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 37 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.0° RISE 0:20

Max altitude: 18.6° TRANSIT 4:33

Azimuth: 250.0° SET 8:43

Set Location

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