Star profile

Kappa Capricorni

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is Kappa Capricorni

Kappa Capricorni is a yellow giant in the tail of the Sea Goat, that hybrid figure — half goat, half fish — that Mesopotamian civilisations already recognised in the sky more than four thousand years ago. Its warm hue betrays a star that has begun to fuse helium in its interior, swelling with the calm of mature age. Its light takes nearly three centuries to cross the void that separates us.

Where it is and when to see it

Kappa 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 20° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 30° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 75° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 71° N.

It ranks no. 14 in brightness among the 48 stars of Capricornus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Deneb Algedi, the brightest: it lies about 3° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Kappa Capricorni

Constellation: Capricornus
Apparent magnitude: 4.72
Distance: 294.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 325.665° · Dec -18.866°
Catalogue: HIP 107188 · HD 206453

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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