How to see it
20 Cap has a visual magnitude of about 6.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 20 Cap: right ascension 20h 59m 36s, declination −19° 2′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).
Catalog context
20 Cap. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 103616, HD 199728, Gaia DR3 6881531326185815808. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6881531326185815808
- HIP
- 103616
- HD
- 199728
- gaia_dr3
- 6881531326185815808
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 20 Cap
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.25