Star profile

24 Capricorni

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

What is 24 Capricorni

24 Capricorni burns amber at 456 light-years, a K-type orange giant that has long left its blue youth behind. Its slow light tints the silhouette of the Sea-Goat, a zodiacal constellation the Babylonians linked to the winter solstice. Every photon arriving here departed before the first modern star catalogues were printed.

Where it is and when to see it

24 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 August, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 13° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 65° N.

It ranks no. 11 in brightness among the 48 stars of Capricornus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb Algedi, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 24 Capricorni

Constellation: Capricornus
Apparent magnitude: 4.49
Distance: 456.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 316.782° · Dec -25.006°
Catalogue: HIP 104234 · HD 200914

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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