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Cassiopeia (listen ⓘ) is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty. Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy , and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today.
Poseidon's punishment: Cassiopeia as a constellation sitting in the heavens tied to a chair. Hyginus, Poeticon Astronomicon. "U.S. Naval Observatory Library" Cassiopeia (/ ˌ k æ s i. oʊ ˈ p iː. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια Kassiópeia, Modern Greek: Κασσιόπη Kassiópē) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of ...
The story has appeared many times in such diverse media as plays, poetry, novels, operas, classical and popular music, film, and paintings. A significant part of the northern sky contains several constellations named after the story's figures; in particular, the constellation Andromeda is named after her.
Zeta Cassiopeiae, Latinized from ζ Cassiopeiae, and officially named Fulu / ˈ f uː l uː /, [11] is a variable star [10] in the constellation of Cassiopeia.It has a blue-white hue and is classified as a B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +3.66, making it visible to the naked eye.
Alpha Cassiopeiae or α Cassiopeiae, also named Schedar (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ d ɑːr /), [10] [11] is a second-magnitude star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.Though listed as the "alpha star" by Johann Bayer, α Cas's visual brightness closely matches the 'beta' (β) star in the constellation (Beta Cassiopeiae) and it may appear marginally brighter or dimmer, depending on which passband is ...
Johann Bayer's Uranometria showing the constellation Orion. Orion the Hunter is star lore created by the ancient Greeks. Star lore or starlore is the creating and cherishing of mythical stories about the stars and star patterns (constellations and asterisms); that is, folklore based upon the stars and star patterns.
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1 Cassiopeiae is a single [10] star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, located around 1,130 light years from the Sun. [1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.84. [2] This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −9 km/s. [2]