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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.

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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