When nature has retreated outside in winter and shows itself rather sparsely and barrenly, this is the time of Capricorn. In keeping with this time of year, the constellation of Capricorn also shows itself to be a rather sparse constellation that is home to hardly any spectacular objects.
Capricorn is a medium-sized constellation that is rather close to the horizon in our latitudes, but visually easy to pick out. Once a year, the so-called Alpha Capricornids find their expression in it. Between mid-July and just before mid-August we find slow, but often very bright meteors in rather small numbers, which can be seen all night long.
Although the constellation of Capricorn is sparse, it contains the beautiful globular cluster Messier 30, which is located at a distance of just under 30,000 light years and was discovered by the great astronomer Charles Messier in 1764 and named after him.
After the constellation of Capricorn, we again embark on a journey into the depths of space and look at other exciting objects of the universe.
