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3 Cap has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for 3 Cap: right ascension 20h 16m 23s, declination −12° 20′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Capricornus constellation (IAU figure Cap).

3 Cap. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 99918, HD 192666, Gaia DR3 6879740981957759744. In the SkyKeepsake Capricornus (Cap) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.