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
Naval Observatory, seems to be squeezed between the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius.
From Washington Post • May 29, 2022
After watching Venus and Mars in the constellation Leo dip below the horizon, turn to the east to find Saturn rising in the constellation Capricornus, followed by Jupiter in the constellation Aquarius.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2021
I hope that the preceding zodiacal signs—transferred to the earthly shadow and representative purpose—of Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Libra, Scorpio, Capricornus, and Pisces, are sufficiently obvious to the reader.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
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