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ι Capricorni (iota Capricorni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:41 | Tran: 6:11 | Set: 10:41
Alt: 11.16°   Az: 135.96°   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

21h 23m 39s
-16° 43’ 29”
20h 58m 22s
18h 22m 02s

J2000

21h 22m 14s
-16° 50’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

33.62°
-40.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Capricorni (iota Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.28
Giant

0.18
G7III
4996K

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

HR 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.

66.09
215.47
12 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Capricorni
(iota Capricorni)
32 Capricorni
SAO164346
SAO164346

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°
Max altitude: 21.8°
Azimuth: 253.3°