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Sunset: 17:01
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44 Capricorni

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:45 | Tran: 12:28 | Set: 17:12
Alt: -26.21°   Az: 280.18°   Direction: West

44 Capricorni is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

44 Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Capricorni star
DSS2 image of 44 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 44m 26s
-14° 17’ 02”
07h 37m 17s
05h 21m 44s

J2000

21h 43m 04s
-14° 23’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

39.32°
-44.45°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Hypergiant

0.39
F0IV
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Capricorni is distant 409.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

125.47
409.03
-13 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

44 Capricorni
SAO164600
SAO164600

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.3°
Max altitude: 24.2°
Azimuth: 255.7°