- Stars with a name
- Alshat
Alshat
ν Capricorni
Alshat is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Capricornus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1773.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in August and September.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.77.
What it’s like
It gives off 65 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 10,800 degrees.
It is 253.2 light years away: 2396 trillion kilometres.