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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Capricornus used when naming stars, such as α Capricorni.
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Examples
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Capricorni that Fomalhaut, in the Southern Fish, is southeast of it.
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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DABIH (dä´-be), β _Capricorni_, "the lucky one of the slaughterers," or "the slayer's lucky star."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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NASHIRA, γ _Capricorni_, "the fortunate one, or the bringer of good tidings."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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DENEB ALGEDI (den´-eb al´-jē-dē), δ _Capricorni_, "the tail of the goat."
A Field Book of the Stars William Tyler Olcott 1904
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Capricorni, seen as a naked-eye double to the right of and above [beta].
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Capricorni is also a wide double, the components yellow and blue, with many telescopic companions.
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There was also an immersion of _Pi Capricorni_ behind the moon's dark limb, some time before, but it was observed by Mr
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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FLVMINA uerna cient obscuro lumine Pisces curriculumque Aries aequat noctisque diique, cornua quem condunt florum praenuntia Tauri; aridaque aestatis Gemini primordia pandunt, longaque iam minuit praeclarus lumina Cancer, 5 languificosque Leo proflat ferus ore calores. post modium quatiens Virgo fugat orta uaporem: autumni reserat portas aequatque diurna tempora nocturnis dispenso sidere Libra: effetos ramos denudat flamma Nepai: 10 pigra Sagittipotens iaculatur frigora terris: bruma gelu glaciat iubarem spirans Capricorni, quem sequitur nebulas rorans liquor altus Aquari. tanta supra circaque uigescunt lumina mundi; at dextra laeuaque ciet rota fulgida Solis15 mobile curriculum et Lunae simulacra feruntur.
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I made with my new mirror I _re-discovered_ this planet by its _disk_, having blundered upon it by the merest accident for 19 Capricorni. "
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 Various
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