Star profile

33 Capricorni

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

What is 33 Capricorni

33 Capricorni glows orange some 239 light-years away, a K-type giant settled within the constellation of the Sea-Goat. Its surface, several thousand degrees cooler than the Sun's, holds that warm, serene light marking evolved stars. The beam crossing the eyepiece tonight set out in the late eighteenth century —when the first hot-air balloons were conquering European skies— and now returns above the southern horizon on the nights of late summer.

Where it is and when to see it

33 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: 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 33 Capricorni

Constellation: Capricornus
Apparent magnitude: 5.38
Distance: 239.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 321.040° · Dec -20.852°
Catalogue: HIP 105665 · HD 203638

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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