β²-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , β²-Cap is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:34 (PDT), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:09, 41° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:28, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
β²-Cap
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h20m46s [4] |
| Declination: | −14°47'05" [4] |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Magnitude: | 6.08 (V) [2] 6.04 (BT) [2] 6.08 (VT) [2] 6.12 (G) [4] 6.07 (BP) [4] 6.06 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 101.0 parsec 329.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.03 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 44.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 90.8° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.06 |
Sources