ι Capricorni (iota Capricorni)

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:38 | Tran: 21:07 | Set: 1:41

Alt: 4.91° Az: 124.87° Direction: South-East

ι Capricorni is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Capricornus.

ι Capricorni visual magnitude is 4.28. Because of its moderate brightness, ι Capricorni 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 ι Capricorni (iota Capricorni) star

DSS2 image of ι Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Capricorni during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 23m 37s

Declination -16° 43’ 39”

Hour Angle 20h 05m 34s

Sideral Time 17h 29m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 22m 14s

Declination -16° 50’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 33.62°

Galactic Latitude -40.77°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ι Capricorni (iota Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.28

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.18

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Capricorni is distant 215.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 66.09

Distance (light year) 215.47

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Capricorni
(iota Capricorni)

Flamsteed designation 32 Capricorni

Henry Draper Catalogue HD203387

SAO Catalogue SAO164346

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP105515

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 6245

FK5 Catalogue 1561

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 106.7° RISE 16:38

Max altitude: 21.8° TRANSIT 21:07

Azimuth: 253.3° SET 1:41

Set Location

Other stars in Capricornus