A-Cap (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , A-Cap is visible between 00:27 and 04:08. It will become accessible at around 00:27, when it rises to an altitude of 19° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 02:17, 23° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:08 when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.
Name
A-Cap
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
Right ascension: | 21h07m07s [4] |
Declination: | −25°00'21" [4] |
Constellation: | Capricornus |
Magnitude: | 4.52 (V) [2] 6.62 (BT) [2] 4.69 (VT) [2] 3.78 (G) [4] 4.78 (BP) [4] 2.84 (RP) [4] |
Distance: | 141.6 parsec 461.6 lightyrs [4] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.64 |
Proper motion (speed): | 51.6 mas/yr[4] |
Proper motion (pos ang): | 211.1° |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -1.24 |
Sources