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Nashira - γ Capricorni (gamma Capricorni)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:15 | Tran: 5:46 | Set: 10:16
Alt: -6.69°   Az: 108.24°   Direction: East-South-East

Nashira, also designated as γ Capricorni (gamma Capricorni), is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

Nashira visual magnitude is 3.68. Because of its moderate brightness, Nashira 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 Nashira - γ Capricorni (gamma Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of Nashira. The red arrow shows the motion of Nashira during the next 1000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 41m 29s
-16° 32’ 45”
18h 41m 02s
16h 22m 31s

J2000

21h 40m 05s
-16° 39’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

36°
-44.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Nashira - γ Capricorni (gamma Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.68
Hypergiant

0.53
F0
7337K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Nashira is distant 138.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

42.59
138.84
-31 km/s
0.19 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Nashira
γ Capricorni
(gamma Capricorni)
40 Capricorni
SAO164560
SAO164560

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 106.5°
Max altitude: 22.0°
Azimuth: 253.5°