Star profile
Psi Capricorni
Nearby starWhat is Psi Capricorni
Psi Capricorni is one of the truly nearby stars populating the Sea-Goat: less than 48 light-years away, its light reaches us almost like a whisper from the cosmic neighbourhood. It is a yellowish-white F-type star, somewhat hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with a discreet yet clean brilliance that traces the body of the mythic creature half goat, half fish. The light we see tonight set out around the time the Spanish democratic transition was still freshly underway.
Where it is and when to see it
Psi 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 Psi Capricorni
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.13
- Distance
- 47.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 311.524° · Dec -25.271°
- Catalogue
- HIP 102485 · HD 197692
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Other stars in Capricornus
Capricornus has 48 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Deneb AlgediDelta Capricorni2.85
- DabihBeta Capricorni3.05
- AlgediAlpha 2 Capricorni3.58
- Zeta Capricorni3.77
- Theta Capricorni4.08
- Omega Capricorni4.12
- Iota Capricorni4.28
- Alpha 1 Capricorni4.30