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, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 18° 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. 29 in brightness among the 48 stars of Capricornus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb Algedi, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.

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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