Capricornus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Capricornus
From Latin
Example Sentences
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The ringed planet stands at the constellation Capricornus at +0.7 magnitude, a little faint under urban conditions.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2022
Saturn — our solar system’s other large gaseous planet — now rises in the late afternoon, ahead of Jupiter, and loiters near the goat shape of Capricornus.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2022
Find the large, gaseous, ringed planet wedged between the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2022
Naval Observatory, seems to be squeezed between the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius.
From Washington Post • May 29, 2022
In addition to first-magnitude stars the rhyme refers to the head of Capricornus, the Sea Goat, the Great Square of Pegasus, and Orion's Belt.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
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