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Just down-and-right from Aquarius, we have Capricornus (the Horned Goat). It is often depicted as a goat with a fish-tail (a mer-goat, if you will). This is from the story of when Pan was attacked by the monster Typhon. Pan dove into the Nile to escape, but since he was only half in the water, he changed into a part-goat, part-fish creature.
Capricornus is one of those constellations that is fairly easy to recognize in the sky, but doesn't look much like what it's supposed to be. Here it has a distinctive fat boomerang shape. It is surrounded by a handful of other constellations peeking in.
Though you can't see it, Neptune is located in this image.
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