♑︎ The lucky star of Capricorn: Deneb Algedi
The brightest star in the constellation Capricornus (δ Cap), magnitude 2.87.
The name comes from Arabic and means 'tail of the goat'. It is about 39 light years away.
It stands highest around 10 pm in September. It can be seen from everywhere south of 62°N, and it never sets south of 77°S.
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More on the constellation: Capricornus · The lucky stone: Garnet
The zodiac sign and the constellation of the same name no longer lie over each other, because the Earth's axis has turned in two thousand years: the true constellation.