Delta Capricorni is the brightest star of the constellation (as well as an eclipsing binary). The Arabs called delta and nearby gamma Capricorni "The Two Friends".
Double stars in Capricornus: ...
[1581] delta Capricorni, also known as Deneb Algedi ("the goat's tail") and Scheddi, is the brightest star in the constellation, with a magnitude of 2.85. It is a four-star system with a white giant for the primary component.
DENEB ALGEDI (Delta Capricorni). As the Sun leaves the winter solstice and Sagittarius behind, it moves into its next zodiacal station, Capricornus, the "water goat, and in early February crosses between the figure's head and tail, ...
Deneb Algiedi (Delta Capricorni; possibly aka Deneb)
Carina (Carinae)
Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
Carinae Delta (there is no "Delta" star in the modern Carina constellations)
Cassiopeia (Cassiopeiae) Centaurus (Centauri) ...
Deneb Algedi Delta Capricorni
Deneb Dulfim Epsilon Delphini
Deneb el Okab Zeta Aquilae
Deneb Kaitos Beta Ceti
Deneb Kaitos Schemali Iota Ceti
Denebola Beta Leonis
Dheneb Eta Ceti
Diadem Alpha Comae Berenices
Diphda Beta Ceti
Dnoces Iota Ursae Majoris ...
Delta Capricorni is called Deneb Algedi, from the Arabic for ‘the kid's tail'. The tropic of Capricorn is the latitude on Earth at which the Sun appears overhead at noon on the winter solstice, around December 22.
Here is a short MPEG movie of a -4 magnitude Delta Capricornid fireball (253 kB MPEG) recorded near Hannover, Germany, on January 5, 1995.
The K-T Event and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs ...
 See also: Delta, Star, Alpha Capricorni, Capricornus, Algedi
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