Heliocodex

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Capricornus

81 stars in Capricornus can be seen by eye from a dark place. 6 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

81 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. Deneb AlgediEasy to see, 39 light years
  2. DabihEasy to see, 330 light years
  3. AlgediSeen away from bright lights, 110 light years
  4. NashiraSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  5. Zeta CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 390 light years
  6. UdangSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  7. Omega CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 840 light years
  8. Psi CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 48 light years
  9. Iota CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 200 light years
  10. Alpha-1 CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 570 light years
  11. 24 CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 460 light years
  12. 36 CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  13. Epsilon CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 1,100 light years
  14. Kappa CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 290 light years
  15. Rho CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 99 light years
  16. AlshatSeen away from bright lights, 250 light years
  17. Eta CapricorniSeen away from bright lights, 160 light years
  18. Mu CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 87 light years
  19. Pi CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  20. 46 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 790 light years
  21. Upsilon CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 580 light years
  22. 42 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  23. Phi CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  24. Tau CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  25. 41 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  26. Sigma CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  27. Chi CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  28. 29 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 610 light years
  29. 33 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  30. 30 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 530 light years
  31. Lambda CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  32. HIP 105576Just seen from a dark place, 770 light years
  33. HIP 101345Just seen from a dark place, 80 light years
  34. 37 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 88 light years
  35. HIP 103389Just seen from a dark place, 72 light years
  36. HIP 99825Just seen from a dark place, 29 light years
  37. 19 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  38. 35 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  39. HIP 102026Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  40. Xi-2 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 90 light years
  41. 4 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  42. HIP 102772Just seen from a dark place, 960 light years
  43. 44 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  44. HIP 103460Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  45. 17 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  46. Omicron CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  47. 45 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  48. 47 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 1,200 light years
  49. HIP 103777Just seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  50. HIP 104914Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  51. HIP 108494Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  52. 21 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  53. HIP 106938Just seen from a dark place, 310 light years
  54. HIP 100325Just seen from a dark place, 340 light years
  55. HIP 101221Just seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  56. HIP 101507Just seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  57. HIP 101090Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  58. HIP 99221Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  59. HIP 104297Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  60. HIP 107901Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  61. HIP 101608Just seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  62. HIP 102780Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  63. HIP 107238Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  64. 27 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 170 light years
  65. 20 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  66. HIP 100524Just seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  67. HIP 102094Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  68. 3 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 440 light years
  69. HIP 107750Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  70. HIP 103071Just seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  71. Xi-1 CapricorniJust seen from a dark place, 470 light years
  72. HIP 101384Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  73. HIP 101997Just seen from a dark place, 47 light years
  74. HIP 101808Just seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  75. HIP 107797Just seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  76. HIP 105662Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  77. HIP 106590Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  78. HIP 99457Just seen from a dark place, 2,300 light years
  79. HIP 101011Just seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  80. HIP 106363Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  81. HIP 105646Just seen from a dark place, 870 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.