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ζ Capricorni (zeta Capricorni)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:05 | Tran: 21:00 | Set: 0:55
Alt: -31.69°   Az: 273.41°   Direction: West

ζ Capricorni is a double supergiant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Capricornus.

ζ Capricorni visual magnitude is 3.74. Because of its moderate brightness, ζ 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 ζ Capricorni (zeta Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of ζ Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Capricorni during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 28m 04s
-22° 18’ 10”
07h 33m 25s
05h 01m 30s

J2000

21h 26m 39s
-22° 24’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

26.98°
-43.59°

Finder Chart

Finder chart ζ Capricorni (zeta Capricorni) star
Simplified finder chart for ζ Capricorni (zeta Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.74
Supergiant

-1.69
G4I
4743K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Capricorni is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ Capricorni double sysyem:

3.74
12.34
8.6
21.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Capricorni is distant 398.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

122.10
398.05
3 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Capricorni
(zeta Capricorni)
34 Capricorni
SAO190341
SAO190341

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 112.3°
Max altitude: 16.2°
Azimuth: 247.7°