B-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , b-Cap is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:56 (PDT), 22° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:35, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:39, when it sinks below 18° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
B-Cap
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 21h28m43s [4] |
| Declination: | −21°48'25" [4] |
| Constellation: | Capricornus |
| Magnitude: | 4.51 (V) [2] 5.62 (BT) [2] 4.60 (VT) [2] 4.27 (G) [4] 4.72 (BP) [4] 3.65 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 57.2 parsec 186.6 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.86 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 135.0 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 92.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.72 |
Sources