ρ-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , ρ-Cap is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (EDT), 20° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:33, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:09, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
ρ-Cap
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 20h28m51s [4] |
| Declination: | −17°48'49" [4] |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Magnitude: | 4.94 (V) [2] 5.32 (BT) [2] 4.97 (VT) [2] 4.83 (G) [4] 4.91 (BP) [4] 4.42 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 30.1 parsec 98.1 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.30 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 19.9 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 237.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.54 |
Sources