[2] The star system is 6.6 degrees north of the ecliptic and so is within the margin of occultations of few if any planets but is well within that of the Moon.

[10] The celestial latitude of either of the Alpha Capricorni main stars is about 6.93 degrees by comparison.

The designations of the two components as Nu Capricorni A and B derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

[14] The system bore the traditional name Alshat, from the Arabic الشاة aš-šā[t], meaning 'the sheep' that was to be slaughtered by the adjacent Beta¹ Capricorni (Dabih).

The WGSN decided to attribute proper names to individual stars rather than entire multiple systems.