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Far from any lights, the sky fills with stars. Drawn from real star positions; bigger dots are brighter stars. See it from a city or the suburbs in the app.

✨ Constellation

Capricornus

The Sea-Goat: half goat and half fish, and the smallest constellation of the zodiac.

Name means: The Sea-Goat
Best seen: September evenings
Where to see it: Almost everywhere on Earth
Brightest star: Deneb Algedi
Stars in the pattern: 10

Did you know?

The Tropic of Capricorn is named after it: about 2,000 years ago the Sun was here at the December solstice.

In this part of the sky

Sagittarius The Archer, whose brightest stars look like a teapot. Aquarius The Water-Bearer, pouring water across a part of the sky full of watery names.

More NASA photos of CapricornusStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Star patterns: d3-celestial (IAU figures, Hipparcos star data). Stories: traditional Greek and Roman myths. Open Capricornus in the app.