Capricornus

Abbreviation: Cap
Genitive: Capricorni
Right Ascension: 21.02 hours
Declination: -20.23 degrees

Capricornus, the Goat-Fish, is visible in early autumn from the northern hemisphere. It reaches its highest point on September 1.

Capriconus (the Goat-Fish) is one of the most mysterious and ancient of all the constellations. It was known in Pre-Babylonian times as the god Ea. Ea was of vast intellect, the lord of the sacred eye. Ea has appeared on earth four times to educate man in the art of civilization and each time he appeared in human form he wore a cloak with the tails of a fish. Ea saved mankind from a great flood, the same one descibed in the Bible as the flood of Noah. After educating man, Capricornus returns to the waters as darkness falls.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
DENEB ALGEDI	21.00:47.00:2.44	-16.00:7.00:38.27	2.87
DABIH	20.00:21.00:0.67	-14.00:46.00:52.99	3.08
ALGEDI	20.00:18.00:3.26	-12.00:32.00:41.43	3.57
NASHIRA	21.00:40.00:5.45	-16.00:39.00:44.40	3.68
ZET CAP	21.00:26.00:40.03	-22.00:24.00:40.81	3.74
THE CAP	21.00:5.00:56.83	-17.00:13.00:58.22	4.07
OMG CAP	20.00:51.00:49.30	-26.00:55.00:8.92	4.11
PSI CAP	20.00:46.00:5.74	-25.00:16.00:15.28	4.14
ALP1 CAP	20.00:17.00:38.87	-12.00:30.00:29.50	4.24
IOT CAP	21.00:22.00:14.80	-16.00:50.00:4.48	4.28
24 CAP	21.00:7.00:7.68	-25.00:0.00:21.04	4.50
MU CAP	21.00:53.00:17.77	-13.00:33.00:6.44	5.08
UPS CAP	20.00:40.00:2.95	-18.00:8.00:19.20	5.16
LAM CAP	21.00:46.00:32.10	-11.00:21.00:57.37	5.57
4 CAP	20.00:18.00:1.39	-21.00:48.00:35.94	5.87

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

M-30

M-30 this globular cluster is about 11' in diameter, and is fairly well concentrated to the center.

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
NGC 7099	21 40.4	-23 11	GLOCL	07.5	346	23

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
AG Cap	21.00:43.00:36.30	-9.00:30.00:27.00	SRB	6.14	5.90
AO Cap	20.00:56.00:45.80	-19.00:13.00:49.00	ACV	0.05	6.20
AP Cap	21.00:44.00:51.00	-17.00:31.00:38.00	ACV	7.65	7.60
AS Cap	21.00:31.00:33.10	-13.00:42.00:25.00	RS:	0.13	8.00
AV Cap	20.00:5.00:47.30	-10.00:12.00:32.00	ACV:	0.02	6.24
del Cap	21.00:44.00:17.00	-16.00:21.00:18.00	EA	3.05	2.81
eps Cap	21.00:34.00:17.00	-19.00:41.00:28.00	GCAS	4.72	4.48

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
STF 51	20 18.0	-12 32	3.8, 4.2	377.70	291	16	298
STF 52	20 21.0	-14 47	3.1, 6.2	205.30	267	16	298
SHJ 323	20 28.9	-17 49	5.0, 6.7	249.50	150	16	298/ 299
SHJ 324	20 29.9	-18 35	6.1, 6.6	18.90	239	16	298/299/343/344
H 47	21 12.3	-14 59	8.0, 8.0	3.90	312	16/ 17	300