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Dabih

Beta Capricorni, 9 Capricorni

Yellow Star in Capricornus

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Proper Names	Dabih (the main components are individually named Dabih Major and Dabih Minor)
Bayer Designation	Beta Capricorni (Beta¹ and Beta² respectively)
Flamsteed Number	9 Capricorni (specifically identifying Dabih Major)
HR (BSC)	7776 (Dabih Major) 7775 (Dabih Minor)
HD	193495 (Dabih Major) 193452 (Dabih Minor)
Constellation	Capricornus
Right Ascension	20h 21m 1s (Dabih Major), 20h 20m 47s (Dabih Minor
Declination	-14° 46' 53" ((Dabih Major), -14° 47' 6" (Dabih Minor)
Distance	328 light years 101 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.1 Absolute: -1.9
Spectral Class	G9II Yellow Bright Giant (Dabih Major) A0III White Giant (Dabih Minor)
Optimum Visibility	August
Notes	Dabih is a complex system of stars, with the two main components (named Dabih Major and Dabih Minor) in an immense, million-year-long orbit around one another. Each of these components is a binary or multiple system in its own right, with a central giant star accompanied by at least one companion.

This highly luminous source of both visible and infrared light is near Capricornus' border with Sagittarius. This is a compex multiple star with an unusually high number of components (probably at least five, and possibly as many as eight).

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