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47 Capricorni

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:41 | Tran: 18:53 | Set: 0:08
Alt: 29.13°   Az: 173.10°   Direction: South

47 Capricorni is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Capricornus.

47 Capricorni visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, 47 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 47 Capricorni star
DSS2 image of 47 Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Capricorni during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 47m 35s
-09° 09’ 36”
23h 35m 34s
21h 23m 10s

J2000

21h 46m 16s
-09° 16’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

46.14°
-42.88°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 47 Capricorni star
Simplified finder chart for 47 Capricorni.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

-1.89
M3III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Capricorni is distant 1,234.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

378.79
1,234.85
21 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

47 Capricorni
SAO145648
SAO145648

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Capricorni rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.2°
Max altitude: 29.4°
Azimuth: 260.8°