IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Capricornus
The Sea-Goat
OriginAncient
AbbreviationCap
GenitiveCapricorni
Pronunciation/ˌkæprɪˈkɔːrnəs/ genitive /ˌkæprɪˈkɔːrnaɪ/
CAP-rih-CORN-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarDeneb Algedi (δ Capricorni)
Right Ascention 21h 47m Declination -16° 07'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.627h (37.6m)
Capricornus, “the sea-goat”, is most commonly associated with Pan, the half-man, half-goat Greek god that invented the pan flute. When the monster Typhon attacked Olympus and incapacitated Zeus, Pan convinced the other gods to go to Egypt and take the form of animals to hide. When Pan leapt into the Nile, his bottom half turned into a fishtail, while his top half remained that of a goat. After Typhon had left to look elsewhere, Pan and Hermes went and restored Zeus, who then went on to defeat Typhon. After his victory Zeus put the constellation Capricorn into the night sky, to honor Pan and serve as a reminder of this great event.
www.underthesky.com
Capricornus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←December 1746→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
1 December 1746 2 December 1746 3 December 1746 4 December 1746 5 December 1746 6 December 1746 7 December 1746 8 December 1746 9 December 1746 10 December 1746 11 December 1746 12 December 1746 13 December 1746 14 December 1746 15 December 1746 16 December 1746 17 December 1746 18 December 1746 19 December 1746 20 December 1746 21 December 1746 22 December 1746 23 December 1746 24 December 1746 25 December 1746 26 December 1746 27 December 1746 28 December 1746 29 December 1746 30 December 1746 31 December 1746 1 January 1747 10 Apus 72 11 Apus 72 12 Apus 72 13 Apus 72 14 Apus 72 15 Apus 72 16 Apus 72 17 Apus 72 18 Apus 72 19 Apus 72 20 Apus 72 21 Apus 72 22 Apus 72 23 Apus 72 24 Apus 72 25 Apus 72 26 Apus 72 27 Apus 72 28 Apus 72 1 Pavo 72 2 Pavo 72 3 Pavo 72 4 Pavo 72 5 Pavo 72 6 Pavo 72 7 Pavo 72 8 Pavo 72 9 Pavo 72 10 Pavo 72 11 Pavo 72 12 Pavo 72
MD -101860 MD -101859 MD -101858 MD -101857 MD -101856 MD -101855 MD -101854 MD -101853 MD -101852 MD -101851 MD -101850 MD -101849 MD -101848 MD -101847 MD -101846 MD -101845 MD -101844 MD -101843 MD -101842 MD -101841 MD -101840 MD -101839 MD -101838 MD -101837 MD -101836 MD -101835 MD -101834 MD -101833 MD -101832 MD -101831 MD -101830 MD -101829 MS -99098 MS -99097 MS -99096 MS -99095 MS -99094 MS -99093 MS -99092 MS -99091 MS -99090 MS -99089 MS -99088 MS -99087 MS -99086 MS -99085 MS -99084 MS -99083 MS -99082 MS -99081 MS -99080 MS -99079 MS -99078 MS -99077 MS -99076 MS -99075 MS -99074 MS -99073 MS -99072 MS -99071 MS -99070 MS -99069 MS -99068