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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Sigma Capricorni
Flamsteed Number	7 Capricorni
HR (BSC)	7761
HD	193150
Constellation	Capricornus
Right Ascension	20h 19m 24s
Declination	-19° 7' 7"
Distance	c. 1,070 light years c. 327 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.3 Absolute: -2.4
Spectral Class	K3II orange bright giant
Optimum Visibility	August
Notes	This is an evolved star that has consumed its reserves of hydrogen and begun to fuse helium in its core. As a result, it has undergone expansion, so that it now has an estimated diameter more than sixty times that of the Sun.

An orange star in Capricornus, near the Ecliptic. This is a luminous and gigantic bright giant star lying more than a thousand light years from the Sun.

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