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υ Capricorni (upsilon Capricorni)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:21 | Tran: 10:42 | Set: 15:04
Alt: -2.26°   Az: 243.37°   Direction: West-South-West

υ Capricorni is a giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Capricornus.

υ Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, υ 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 υ Capricorni (upsilon Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of υ Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Capricorni during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 41m 28s
-18° 02’ 53”
04h 39m 50s
01h 21m 19s

J2000

20h 40m 03s
-18° 08’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

27.57°
-31.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Capricorni (upsilon Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Giant

-1.72
M2III
3568K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Capricorni is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

231.48
754.63
-13 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

υ Capricorni
(upsilon Capricorni)
15 Capricorni
SAO163779
SAO163779

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 108.0°
Max altitude: 20.5°
Azimuth: 252.0°