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{{Night Sky
| image =
| designation =β Capricorni<br/>Beta Cap<br/>Dabith<br/>
| rightascension =20<sup>h</sup> 21<sup>m</sup> 00.67<sup>s</sup><ref name=simbad>{{cite web|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Beta+Capricorni|title=Beta Capricorni|accessdate=December 23, 2021|work=Simbad Astronomical Database|publisher=simbad.u-strasbg.fr}}</ref><ref name=position>
{{cite journal
|last1=Mason |first1=Brian D.
|last2=Wycoff |first2=Gary L.
|last3=Hartkopf |first3=William L.
|last4=Douglass |first4=Geoffrey G.
|last5=Worley |first5=Charles E.
|display-authors=3
|title=The 2001 US Naval Observatory double star CD-ROM. I. The Washington double star catalog
|journal=The Astronomical Journal
|volume=122
|issue=6|page=3466-3471|date=2001
|doi=10.1086/323920
|bibcode=2001AJ....122.3466M
|ref=harv
}}</ref>
| declination =-14° 46′ 53.0″<ref name=simbad/><ref name=position/>
| distance =326.82 ly<ref name=universeguide>{{cite web|url=https://www.universeguide.com/star/dabih|title=Dabih (Beta Capricorni, 9 Capricorni A) Star Facts|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=universeguide.com}}</ref>
| constellation =Capricornus
| type =Bright giant star
| dimensions =
| magnitude =Apparent Mag: +3.05<ref name=universeguide/><br/>Absolute Mag: -2.07 / -1.95<ref name=universeguide/>
| redshift =
| radvelocity =-19.00 ± 0.60 km/s<ref name=universeguide/>
| propmotion =RA: 44.92 ± 1.09 mas/yr<ref name=universeguide/><br/>Dec: 7.38 ± 0.58 mas/yr<ref name=universeguide/>
| parallax =9.98 mas<ref name=universeguide/>
}}
Beta Capricorni (β Capricorni, Beta Cap) is a [[bright giant star]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Capricornus]].<ref name=illinois>{{cite web|url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/dabih.html|title=Dabih|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=stars.astro.illinois.edu|date=June 6, 2017|author=Jim Kaler|work=Stars}}</ref> The [[Bayer designation|second brightest]] [[star]] in the constellation, it is also known by the word "Dabith", which comes from the [[Arabic]] "al-dhābiḥ" meaning "the butcher."<ref name=constellation-guide>{{cite web|url=https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/capricornus-constellation/|title=Capricornus Constellation|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=constellation-guide.com}}</ref> The star is the larger star in a [[binary star|binary system]]. The two stars are distinguished as "Dabith major" and "Dabith minor" or alternatively "Beta Capricorni A" and "Beta Capricorni B." It is the second brightest star in the Capricornus constellation and is not known to possess any [[exoplanet]]s.
==Properties and structure==
The Beta Capricorni system is situated 328 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> The two stars are seperated by by 3.5 [[arc-minute]]s which at this distance correpsonds to 0.34 ly. The two stars [[orbit]] each other with a period of 700,000 years.<ref name=constellation-guide/> The bright star, Beta Capricorni A, has an [[apparent magnitude]] of +3.05 while its companion star appears slightly dimmer in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of +6.09. Beta Capricorni B is the smaller star in the binary system.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Stars}}
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Stars]]
| image =
| designation =β Capricorni<br/>Beta Cap<br/>Dabith<br/>
| rightascension =20<sup>h</sup> 21<sup>m</sup> 00.67<sup>s</sup><ref name=simbad>{{cite web|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Beta+Capricorni|title=Beta Capricorni|accessdate=December 23, 2021|work=Simbad Astronomical Database|publisher=simbad.u-strasbg.fr}}</ref><ref name=position>
{{cite journal
|last1=Mason |first1=Brian D.
|last2=Wycoff |first2=Gary L.
|last3=Hartkopf |first3=William L.
|last4=Douglass |first4=Geoffrey G.
|last5=Worley |first5=Charles E.
|display-authors=3
|title=The 2001 US Naval Observatory double star CD-ROM. I. The Washington double star catalog
|journal=The Astronomical Journal
|volume=122
|issue=6|page=3466-3471|date=2001
|doi=10.1086/323920
|bibcode=2001AJ....122.3466M
|ref=harv
}}</ref>
| declination =-14° 46′ 53.0″<ref name=simbad/><ref name=position/>
| distance =326.82 ly<ref name=universeguide>{{cite web|url=https://www.universeguide.com/star/dabih|title=Dabih (Beta Capricorni, 9 Capricorni A) Star Facts|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=universeguide.com}}</ref>
| constellation =Capricornus
| type =Bright giant star
| dimensions =
| magnitude =Apparent Mag: +3.05<ref name=universeguide/><br/>Absolute Mag: -2.07 / -1.95<ref name=universeguide/>
| redshift =
| radvelocity =-19.00 ± 0.60 km/s<ref name=universeguide/>
| propmotion =RA: 44.92 ± 1.09 mas/yr<ref name=universeguide/><br/>Dec: 7.38 ± 0.58 mas/yr<ref name=universeguide/>
| parallax =9.98 mas<ref name=universeguide/>
}}
Beta Capricorni (β Capricorni, Beta Cap) is a [[bright giant star]] in the [[constellation]] of [[Capricornus]].<ref name=illinois>{{cite web|url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/dabih.html|title=Dabih|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=stars.astro.illinois.edu|date=June 6, 2017|author=Jim Kaler|work=Stars}}</ref> The [[Bayer designation|second brightest]] [[star]] in the constellation, it is also known by the word "Dabith", which comes from the [[Arabic]] "al-dhābiḥ" meaning "the butcher."<ref name=constellation-guide>{{cite web|url=https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/capricornus-constellation/|title=Capricornus Constellation|accessdate=December 23, 2021|publisher=constellation-guide.com}}</ref> The star is the larger star in a [[binary star|binary system]]. The two stars are distinguished as "Dabith major" and "Dabith minor" or alternatively "Beta Capricorni A" and "Beta Capricorni B." It is the second brightest star in the Capricornus constellation and is not known to possess any [[exoplanet]]s.
==Properties and structure==
The Beta Capricorni system is situated 328 [[light year]]s from [[Earth]].<ref name=constellation-guide/> The two stars are seperated by by 3.5 [[arc-minute]]s which at this distance correpsonds to 0.34 ly. The two stars [[orbit]] each other with a period of 700,000 years.<ref name=constellation-guide/> The bright star, Beta Capricorni A, has an [[apparent magnitude]] of +3.05 while its companion star appears slightly dimmer in the night sky with an apparent magnitude of +6.09. Beta Capricorni B is the smaller star in the binary system.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Stars}}
[[Category:Astronomy]]
[[Category:Stars]]