The constellation of Capricorn, the ancient and mysterious

If you look at East from the Meridian of heaven, below the constellation Aquila, you can find the constellation of Capricorn. Beginners to observe the night sky should be borne in mind that it is more noticeable in the southern regions of Russia. In the border of the zodiacal constellation the Sun enters in January, so it's best to look at in the summer.

The Constellation of Capricorn are very ancient, much more ancient than many other constellations that are in the southern hemisphere of the sky. It lies exactly between the constellation Aquarius and Sagittarius. Ancient astronomers, who had a very rich imagination put into this piece is filled with stars in the sky a small goat. Over time a harmless animal turned into a sea monster: half Goat, half Fish.

Capricorn-constellation is very interesting. Its brightest star-this is Deneb al Jedi or Sedi, which in Arabic means "goat tail”. Yet there is a globular cluster, which is called the M30, the open from France astronomer Charles Messier in the mid-18th century, but only confirmed twenty years later by the Englishman Herschel. This cluster is extremely dense, formed by the destruction of the Central nucleus surrounded by a cooling stars – red gigantami. It can be observed even with a small telescope, but to find without experience is difficult.

The Constellation of capricornus does not rise very high above the horizon, and in the Northern and middle latitudes and is seen is not particularly good. To find it, to mentally draw a line from the bottom corners of the triangle of the constellation of the eagle – the star Altair. The constellation of Capricorn, a photo of which occupies many pages of astronomical publications, is clearly seen in the second half of the summer.

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The name of the constellation is quite interesting. When in Ancient Greece, astronomers have given the stars names that point to the winter solstice fell exactly on Capricorn, the tropic of Capricorn is so called – the tropic of Capricorn and the constellation included in the astronomical catalogue of the starry sky "Almagest", which was the legendary Ptolemy. “Fish-goat" or the constellation of Capricorn received this name from the divine goat Amalthea.

Once upon a time the goddess Rhea saved her son Zeus from his angry father-Cronus, the God of time. The fact that God predicted a very sad fate: he was overthrow by his own son. And because Kronos swallowed all children born by Rhea. Goddess in despair hid the baby, and the diaper wrapped stone, then devoured a deity. Mother hid baby in Crete, in a mountain cave. And there Afalfa – the goat, or, according to another version, the nymph-nourished future of the thunder. A faithful servant of the goddess with saber-rattling and clattering shields drowned out the cries of the baby and amused it. When Zeus grew up, he filled with gratitude, and offered to nurse the sky, turning into a star in the constellation Auriga. And so came the desired constellation.

Since then, the constellation of Capricorn has always been considered associated with the Pan – the patron of shepherds and half goat, a fun-loving, nymphs and nature, fun and wine. One day, fleeing from a terrible monster named Typhon, the God rushed into the river, and the goat his legs turned into a fish tail. And there was the image of the constellation – half goat, half fish. Incidentally, in this cluster of stars is Neptune.