Which constellation is named after the sea goat?

Which constellation is named after the sea goat? Capricornus is the zodiac constellation traditionally depicted as a mythical sea goat.

Capricornus combines the front half of a goat with the tail of a fish. Its Latin name means “horned goat” or “goat-horned,” while its familiar sea-goat imagery comes from ancient traditions. Babylonian astronomers represented the region with a goat-fish associated with the god Ea, a deity linked with water and wisdom.

Greek mythology later connected Capricornus with Pan, the goat-legged god. In one story, Pan escaped the monster Typhon by transforming part of himself into a fish and diving into a river. Another tradition associated the constellation with Amalthea, the goat said to have nourished the infant Zeus.

Capricornus is one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is the smallest of the zodiac constellations, although it is not the smallest overall. The constellation is faint; its brightest star, Deneb Algedi, has an apparent magnitude of about 2.9. Nearby Aquarius and Pisces reinforce the region's ancient water-themed imagery.