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ω Capricorni (omega Capricorni)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:20 | Tran: 5:41 | Set: 9:02
Alt: 10.81°   Az: 167.85°   Direction: South-South-East

ω Capricorni is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Capricornus.

ω Capricorni visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, ω 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 ω Capricorni (omega Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of ω Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of ω Capricorni during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 53m 19s
-26° 49’ 20”
23h 06m 25s
19h 59m 45s

J2000

20h 51m 49s
-26° 55’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

18.46°
-37.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ω Capricorni (omega Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.11
Hypergiant

-2.31
M0III
3594K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ω Capricorni is distant 628.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

192.68
628.13
9 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ω Capricorni
(omega Capricorni)
18 Capricorni
SAO189781
SAO189781

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.8°
Max altitude: 11.7°
Azimuth: 243.2°