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μ Capricorni (mu Capricorni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:37 | Tran: 3:29 | Set: 8:18
Alt: 19.08°   Az: 146.01°   Direction: South-East

μ Capricorni is a giant star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Capricornus.

μ Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, μ 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 μ Capricorni (mu Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of μ Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Capricorni during the next 1000 years (5.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.22 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 54m 40s
-13° 25’ 49”
21h 48m 24s
19h 43m 05s

J2000

21h 53m 17s
-13° 33’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

41.88°
-46.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Capricorni (mu Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Giant

2.87
F1III
7044K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Capricorni is distant 90.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

27.66
90.18
-22 km/s
0.313 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Capricorni
(mu Capricorni)
51 Capricorni
SAO164713
SAO164713
Gl 838.5

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 103.4°
Max altitude: 25.1°
Azimuth: 256.6°