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Alshat - ν Capricorni (nu Capricorni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:25 | Tran: 20:18 | Set: 1:14
Alt: 21.13°   Az: 149.68°   Direction: South-South-East

Alshat, also designated as ν Capricorni (nu Capricorni), is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Capricornus.

Alshat visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, Alshat 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.

Image of Alshat - ν Capricorni (nu Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of Alshat. The red arrow shows the motion of Alshat during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 22m 02s
-12° 40’ 45”
22h 04m 33s
18h 26m 35s

J2000

20h 20m 39s
-12° 45’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

31.17°
-25.48°

Finder Chart

Finder chart Alshat - ν Capricorni (nu Capricorni) star
Simplified finder chart for Alshat - ν Capricorni (nu Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.76
Main-sequence

0.15
B9V
10795K

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

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

Star System Properties

Alshat 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 Alshat double sysyem:

4.76
11.76
7
54.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Alshat is distant 272.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

83.47
272.12
-2 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Alshat
ν Capricorni
(nu Capricorni)
8 Capricorni
SAO163468
SAO163468

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 102.7°
Max altitude: 25.8°
Azimuth: 257.3°