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Capricornus - "The Sea Goat", represents a mythological creature, half-goat, half-fish. Some say he represents the Greek God Pan, who changed himself into a half-fish in order to escape from a sea monster named Typhon.
But Capricornus is actually older than the Greeks, and comes to us from the ancient Mesopotamians, who made it one of their earliest zodiacal constellations. Capricornus marks the location of the Winter Solstice Sun.


Microscopium - "The Microscope", was a modern invention by the French Astronomer Nicolas de Lacaille in 1751.

09/06/2010 - 2.5 seconds, StellaCam EX 5.5mm, B&W

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Deep-Sky objects located in the Constellation of Capricornus:

M30 (Globular Starcluster) - 08/13/1988 - 8" dob f4.5, 8mm ep 143x    - 10/05/2002 - 8" SCT, StellaCam Ex 2.5 seconds
   


M30 - 09/06/2010 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 20 seconds



NGC 6898 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 6903 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 6907 (galaxy) - 09/06/2010 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 30 seconds



NGC 6912 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 6924 (galaxy) - 09/06/2010 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 30 seconds



NGC 6936 (galaxy) - 09/06/2010 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 30 seconds



NGC 6981 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 6986 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 7016, 7017, & 7018 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 7030 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 7073 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




NGC 7103 (galaxy cluster) - 09/06/2010 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 60 seconds



NGC 7131 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 20 seconds




IC 5078 (galaxy) - 10/01/2013 - 8" SCT f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




MCG-2-53-3 "Aquarius Dwarf" (galaxy) - 09/02/2016 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 120 seconds







Palomar-12 (globular cluster) - 08/11/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, StellaCam-3 @ 25 seconds

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Double Stars located in this Constellation:


Alpha-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




Beta-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




7-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




11-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




12-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




39-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second




s763-Capricorni - 10/05/2015 - 8" SCT f6.3, Astrovid-2000 @ 1/60 second

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Deep-Sky objects located in the Constellation of Microscopium:


NGC 6923 & ESO462-31 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




NGC 6925 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




NGC 6947 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




NGC 6958 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




NGC 6998 & 6999 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 30 seconds




IC 5011 & 5013 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 35 seconds




IC 5039 & 5041 (galaxy) - 09/11/2012 - 6" RC f5, StellaCam-3 35 seconds

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Larry McHenry,   Pittsburgh, PA. USA

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