Iota Capricorni [SEP] constellation
Iota Capricorni
Iota Capricorni (ι Cap, ι Capricorni) is a solitary, yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of Capricornus. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +4.3. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 16.58 mas as seen from the Earth, the star is located about 197 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.08 due to interstellar dust.
This is an
Ramparts", refers to an asterism consisting of Gamma Capricorni, Kappa Capricorni, Epsilon Capricorni, Delta Capricorni, Iota Aquarii, Sigma Aquarii, Lambda Aquarii, Phi Aquarii, 27 Piscium, 29 Piscium, 33 Piscium and 30 Piscium. Consequently, the Chinese name for Gamma Capricorni itself is (, ).
Nomenclature Namesake.
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Properties.
γ Capricorni is a hot chemically peculiar Am star with