Capricornus, the Water Goat, appears as something of an
upside-down old fashioned hat. Algedi is the bright star
just above far-right center. Its elongated shape is the result of its being
a naked-eye double star (the duplicity only an illusion as
the two stars are just accidently lined up).
Dabih is just down and to the left of it. At the left end of the
figure is the Water Goat's tail, Deneb Algedi, the star at the
upper left corner. Nashira is just down and to the
right of it, while Zeta is the lower of the pair of stars
rather well down and to the right of it and Omega the lower of the pair near the
bottom edge; the upper one is
Omega. Theta Cap lies just up and to the left of center.
Far western Aquarius lies above Capricornus,
represented by Albali (Epsilon Aqr, the brightest star near the
upper right edge) and by Mu and Nu Aqr (to the left of Albali).
A view shifted to the east shows
fainter stars.
The bright "star"
toward the lower right is the planet Saturn, which was moving
through the constellation when the picture was taken.
Other views
of Capricornus show Saturn gone and replaced by Uranus and Neptune.
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