Capricornus Cap
Capricornus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 414 square degrees of the sky (40th largest). It is highest at midnight in August and best in the evening sky in September and October.
3 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cap |
|---|---|
| Size | 414 square degrees (40th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 21h 01m, −19° |
| Highest at midnight | August (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: September and October) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 51° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 21°. |
| Pages here | 3 objects |
Star clusters
1Stars
2Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M30 · NGC 7099 | Globular star cluster | 7.1 | 9′ |
| NGC 6907 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.3′ |
| MWSC3561 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 11.9 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 6908 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.9′ |
| IC 5078 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.7 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 6924 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 6903 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 2.2′ |
| IC 1386 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.1 | 1′ |
| NGC 6912 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 1.3′ |
| IC 4999 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 2′ |
| IC 5005 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 6936 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14 | 1.8′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits