Star profile

Chi Capricorni

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What is Chi Capricorni

Chi Capricorni is a white A-type star in the goat-fish, a zodiacal constellation the Sun crosses at the end of the northern summer. Its light crosses some 180 years before reaching us —as many as separate today's observer from the birth of the telegraph. Modest in brightness but hot in surface, it belongs to the spectrum of stars that dominate galactic youth, long before they age toward the red of the giants.

Where it is and when to see it

Chi 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 17° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 77° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 69° N.

It ranks no. 27 in brightness among the 48 stars of Capricornus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb Algedi, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Chi Capricorni

Constellation: Capricornus
Apparent magnitude: 5.30
Distance: 179.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 317.140° · Dec -21.194°
Catalogue: HIP 104365 · HD 201184

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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