42-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , 42-Cap will become visible at around 17:46 (PST), 38° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 21:49.
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Name
42-Cap
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h41m32s [4] |
| Declination: | −14°02'56" [4] |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Magnitude: | 5.17 (V) [2] 5.98 (BT) [2] 5.23 (VT) [2] 4.97 (G) [4] 5.32 (BP) [4] 4.47 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 35.9 parsec 117.0 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.63 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 332.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 201.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.39 |
Sources