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42 Capricorni

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:06 | Tran: 18:52 | Set: 23:38
Alt: -42.34°   Az: 308.44°   Direction: North-West

42 Capricorni is a double main-sequence star of spectral class G1 in the constellation of Capricornus.

42 Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, 42 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 42 Capricorni star
DSS2 image of 42 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Capricorni during the next 1000 years (-1.97 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.12 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 42m 53s
-13° 56’ 00”
09h 33m 30s
07h 16m 24s

J2000

21h 41m 32s
-14° 02’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

39.56°
-43.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 42 Capricorni star
Simplified finder chart for 42 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Main-sequence

2.62
G1V
5778K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

42 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 42 Capricorni double sysyem:

5.18
7.18
2
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

42 Capricorni is distant 106.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

32.54
106.09
-1 km/s
-0.118 arcsec/y
-0.307"/y

Alternative Designations

42 Capricorni
SAO164580
SAO164580

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 42 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.9°
Max altitude: 24.6°
Azimuth: 256.1°