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46 Capricorni is a solitary star located around 790 light years away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Capricornus, near the northern border with Aquarius. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.10. 46 Cap is also known by its Bayer designation of c Capricorni (c Cap), and occasionally as c Capricorni to distinguish it from the nearby star c Capricorni. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −15.5 km/s.

This star has received a stellar classification of G8Iab, which suggests it is a G-type supergiant star, as well as G7.5II-IIICN0.5, which instead indicates a luminosity class between a giant and a bright giant. Abundance analysis suggests the star has not yet passed the first dredge-up. It has 4.6 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 33 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 627 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,837 K.

Etymology

This star, along with β Aqr (Sadalsuud) and ξ Aqr (Bunda), were Saʽd al Suʽud (سعد السعود), the Luck of Lucks.

References

1. ^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
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3. ^ Usenko, I. A.; et al. (November 2015). "Spectroscopic studies of four southern-hemisphere G-K supergiants: HD 192876 (α1 Cap), HD 194215 (HR 7801), HD 206834 (c Cap), and HD 222574 (104 Aqr)". Astronomy Letters. 41 (11): 660–676. Bibcode:2015AstL...41..660U. doi:10.1134/S1063773715110067. S2CID 124555577.
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7. "c Cap". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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9. HD 206834, HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index, N. D. Kostjuk, Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002; CDS ID IV/27A.
10. Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed.). New York: Dover Publications Inc. p. 52. ISBN 0-486-21079-0. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
11. β Aqr as Nir Saad al Saaoud or Lucida Fortunæ Fortunarum (the brightest of luck of lucks) and ξ Aqr as Thanih Saad al Saaoud or Secunda Fortunæ Fortunarum (the second of luck of lucks). c Cap should be Thalath Fortunæ Fortunarum or Tertia Fortunæ Fortunarum (the third of luck of lucks) consistently, but Al Achsasi Al Mouakket was not designated the title for this star with uncleared consideration. Possibly according to the differences of opinion with R. H. Allen.

v t e Constellation of Capricornus
Capricornus in Chinese astronomy List of stars in Capricornus
Stars	Bayer α (Prima Giedi) α (Algedi) β (Dabih) β γ (Nashira) δ (Deneb Algedi) ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν (Alshat) ξ ξ ο ο π ρ σ τ τ υ φ χ ψ ω Flamsteed 3 4 17 19 20 21 24 (A) 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 (b) 37 41 42 44 45 46 (c) 47 (c) 50 Variable R HR 7722 7845 7898 HD 197027 202206 204313 Other HATS-3 LP 816-60
Exoplanets HD 192310 b c HD 202206 c HD 204313 b HD 202772 Ab PSO J318.5−22
Star clusters Messier 30 Palomar 12
Galaxies	NGC 6907 7016 7019 7030 7035 7035A 7073 Other IC 1337 PKS 2126-158
Galaxy clusters HCG 87
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• G-type supergiants
• G-type bright giants
• G-type giants
• Capricornus
• Bayer objects
• Flamsteed objects
• Durchmusterung objects
• Henry Draper Catalogue objects
• Hipparcos objects
• Bright Star Catalogue objects