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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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λ Capricorni (lambda Capricorni)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:02 | Tran: 3:07 | Set: 8:07
Alt: -46.10°   Az: 31.36°   Direction: North-North-East

λ Capricorni is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Capricornus.

λ Capricorni visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, λ Capricorni is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of λ Capricorni (lambda Capricorni) star
DSS2 image of λ Capricorni. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Capricorni during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 47m 54s
-11° 14’ 48”
13h 26m 20s
11h 14m 14s

J2000

21h 46m 32s
-11° 21’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

43.64°
-43.91°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Capricorni (lambda Capricorni).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Main-sequence

0.81
A1V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where λ Capricorni is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of λ Capricorni. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Capricorni is distant 293.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

90.09
293.69
1 km/s
0.031 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Capricorni
(lambda Capricorni)
48 Capricorni
SAO164639
SAO164639

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ Capricorni (lambda Capricorni) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.2°
Max altitude: 27.3°
Azimuth: 258.8°