Capricornus
Americannoun
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Capricorni
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Capricornus
From Latin
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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
From an earthly perspective, Saturn — found now on the border of the constellations Aquarius and Capricornus — and the sun are opposite one another.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
Naval Observatory, seems to be squeezed between the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius.
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2022
The equinoctial and solstitial points; namely, the commencement of Aries and Libra, and of Cancer and Capricornus.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Giedi, α Capricorni, also called Algied´-i, the goat.
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
John, description of 8 M, 34. suggestion about α Capricorni, 65.
From Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments by Garrett Putman Serviss
The star β Capricorni is also a wide double, the components yellow and blue, with many telescopic companions.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
Immediately below Equuleus are the stars α1 and α^272 Capricorni, seen as a naked-eye double to the right of and above β.
From Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. by Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor
There was also an immersion of π Capricorni behind the moon's dark limb, some time before, but it was observed by Mr Bayly alone.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
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