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(The Sea Goat) |
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Capricornus seems to be the representation of a mythological creature but in fact it is a story of the god Pan, who on his attempt to escape the monstrous Typhon, jumped into the river Nile and the part of him that was submerged turned into a fish's tail. This seems like an unfortunate consequence for a great hero. | ||||||||
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M30: | |||||||
At 26 000 light years away, this nearby globular cluster has a very condensed core with thousands of stars. Some of these stars are variable. Variable stars are a special type of star whose brightness fluctuates, sometimes it is bright and sometimes it is faint. A famous variable star is Mira the Wonderful in Cetus. | ||||||||
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M30 is a beautiful but unpopular cluster due to its southernly latitude. | ||||||||
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Canis Minor |
Carina | |||||||