How to see it
3 Cap has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for 3 Cap: right ascension 20h 16m 23s, declination −12° 20′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).
Catalog context
3 Cap. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 99918, HD 192666, Gaia DR3 6879740981957759744. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 6879740981957759744
- HIP
- 99918
- HD
- 192666
- gaia_dr3
- 6879740981957759744
- Bayer / Flamsteed
- 3 Cap
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 6.28