HD 196761 [SEP] constellation
HD 196761
HD 196761 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a G-type main-sequence star in the constellation Capricornus. With an apparent magnitude of 6.37 it is near the limit of what can be seen with the naked eye, but according to the Bortle Scale it may be possible to view it at night from rural skies. Based upon parallax measurements by the Hipparcos spacecraft, it is located about 47 light years from the Solar System.
It has a stellar classification of G8V with about 88% of the
= 4 km/s. It is presently following an orbit through the Milky Way that has an eccentricity of 0.18, bringing it as close as and as distant as from the Galactic Center. The inclination of this orbit will carry HD 196761 no more than from the plane of the galactic disk.