τ-Cap (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , τ-Cap is visible between 21:47 and 04:42. It will become accessible at around 21:47, when it rises to an altitude of 20° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:15, 40° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:42 when it sinks below 20° above your south-western horizon.

Name τ-Cap
Object type Star
Other names
τ-Cap
Tau Capricorni
14-Cap
14 Capricorni
HR 7889[1]
HD 196662
HIP 101923[3]
Position
Right ascension:20h39m16s [2]
Declination:−14°57'17" [2]
Constellation:Capricornus
Magnitude:5.24 (V) [2]
5.09 (BT) [2]
5.23 (VT) [2]
Distance:348.4 parsec
1135.9 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):-0.12
Proper motion (speed):19.6 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):172.3°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.47

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