The Sky Tonight— images from historic star atlases, keyed to the modern constellationsBetween Sagittarius and Aquarius. Dim stars; look for a laughing mouth.
Ancient autumnal equinox location.
Capricornus is included in the ancient star catalogs of Eudoxos of Knidos, Aratos of Soli, and Ptolemy.
Pan only partly succeeded in turning himself from a goat into a fish.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Capricornus | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Capricornus, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 16 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 16: Capricornus, detail From Bode, Tab 16. |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 16: Capricornus, Globus Aeronauticus From Bode, Tab 16. |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Hyginus (1485) figure: Capricorn | 1485 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Capricornus more | 1825 |
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