Star profile

Sigma Capricorni

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Sigma Capricorni

Sigma Capricorni is an orange star at 1,121 light-years, one of the many faint lights tracing the Sea-Goat's strange outline. Its warm tone and respectable distance mean its light travels an entire millennium before finally reaching us. When it set out across interstellar space, the Muslims were consolidating Al-Andalus and Persian astronomers were honing the astrolabes that would later cross into medieval Europe.

Where it is and when to see it

Sigma Capricorni lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 19° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 48 stars of Capricornus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb Algedi, the brightest: it lies about 21° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 1,100 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Sigma Capricorni

Constellation: Capricornus
Apparent magnitude: 5.28
Distance: 1121.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 304.848° · Dec -19.119°
Catalogue: HIP 100195 · HD 193150

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Other stars in Capricornus

Capricornus has 48 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 48 stars in Capricornus