π-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , π-Cap is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:14, when it reaches an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:28, 37° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:26, 35° above your southern horizon.
|
Name
π-Cap
|
Object type
Star
|
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h27m19s [2] |
| Declination: | −18°12'42" [2] |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Magnitude: | 5.08 (V) [2] 5.04 (BT) [2] 5.10 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 167.2 parsec 545.2 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.05 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 16.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 133.7° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -1.04 |
Sources