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Dabih - β Capricorni (beta Capricorni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:40 | Tran: 5:26 | Set: 10:07
Alt: 16.06°   Az: 141.79°   Direction: South-East

Dabih, also designated as β Capricorni (beta Capricorni), is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Capricornus.

Dabih visual magnitude is 3.08. Because of its moderate brightness, Dabih 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 Dabih - β Capricorni (beta Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of Dabih. The red arrow shows the motion of Dabih during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 22m 26s
-14° 41’ 58”
21h 28m 20s
17h 50m 46s

J2000

20h 21m 00s
-14° 46’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

29.15°
-26.37°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Dabih - β Capricorni (beta Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.08
Main-sequence

-2.04
F8V
5311K

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

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

Star System Properties

Dabih 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 Dabih double sysyem:

3.08
3.38
0.3
0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Dabih is distant 343.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

105.49
343.88
-19 km/s
0.042 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Dabih
β Capricorni
(beta Capricorni)
9 Capricorni
SAO163481
SAO163481

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 104.7°
Max altitude: 23.8°
Azimuth: 255.3°