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See also: symbol T2 ° intended to denote the crooked horns of this animal
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The word is derived from See also: Lat. See also: caper, a goat, and See also: cornu, a See also: horn
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It is also a See also: constellation of the See also: southern hemisphere, mentioned by See also: Eudoxus (4th century B.C.) and See also: Aratus (3rd century B.C.) ; See also: Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe catalogued 28 stars, Hevelius gave 29
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It was represented by the ancients as a creature having the forepart a goat, and the hindpart a See also: fish, or sometimes simply as a goat
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An interesting member of this constellation is a-Capricorn, a pair of stars of 3rd and 4th magnitudes, each of which has a companion of the 9th magnitude
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