In 1572, Tycho Brahe's supernova flared brightly in Cassiopeia. A Look at the Greek Mythology Cylinder Introduction Classical Greek mythology is as rich and varied as the culture that engendered it. Its brightest stars are Alpha (Schedar) and Beta Cassiopeiae (Caph). The myth goes that Cassiopeia & Cepheus attempted sacrifice their daughter Andromeda. The constellation hosts some of the most luminous stars known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. A constellation of the northern sky, representing Queen Cassiopeia of Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia was a vain queen, the wife of king Cepheus. In the tropics it can be seen at its clearest from September to early November, and at low southern, tropical, latitudes of less than 25°S it can be seen, seasonally, low in the North.Īt magnitude 2.2, Alpha Cassiopeiae, or Schedar, is generally the brightest star in Cassiopeia, though it is occasionally outshone by the variable Gamma Cassiopeiae, which has reached magnitude 1.6. It can easily be spotted in the night sky because it is shaped like a W. As an infant he was cast into the sea in a chest with his mother by Acrisius, to whom it had been prophesied that he would be killed by his grandson. Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius of Argos. It is easily recognizable due to its distinctive 'W' shape, formed by five bright stars.Ĭassiopeia is located in the northern sky and from latitudes above 34°N it is visible year-round. Cassiopeia is a star that is named after the Greek mythological queen Cassiopeia. Perseus, in Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from a sea monster. 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. Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.
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