Star profile
42 Capricorni
Variable starWhat is 42 Capricorni
42 Capricorni is a G-type variable star some 108 light-years away, practically a neighbour within Capricornus. It shares spectral family with the Sun, though slightly more luminous, and wavers gently around magnitude 5.16. On late summer nights Capricornus traces its quiet smile above the southern horizon of the northern hemisphere, and this distant Sun-like cousin contributes to that faint outline with its barely perceptible beat.
Where it is and when to see it
42 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 42 Capricorni
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.16
- Distance
- 108.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 325.387° · Dec -14.048°
- Catalogue
- HIP 107095 · HD 206301
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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
- Mu Capricorni5.08
- 46 Capricorni5.10
- Upsilon Capricorni5.15
- Phi Capricorni5.17
- Tau Capricorni5.24