Being a circumpolar constellation (this means that it will always be on the horizon in the northern hemisphere), we can see its unmistakable shape of W. We are going to know how we can find this constellation in the night sky. Some scientists think that the speed it has in its rotation makes it quite unstable and that is the reason why the illusion of gas rings can be observed. And it is that its name is completely unknown and has a magnitude that ranges between 3.0 and 1.6. This star is the one that arouses the most curiosity among fans of the constellations. Its name comes from the Arabic name and is 46 light years away. You have a shape of W that is changing depending on the place from which we are observing it and the time of year in which we are. Thanks to its appearance, it can indicate sidereal weather in some areas. In the vast majority of countries in the northern hemisphere we can see Cassiopeia throughout the night. It is made up of 5 stars that shine more than the rest and is quite close to the celestial north. From this many constellations, Cassiopeia is one of the best known and most important both for its recognition in the sky and the origin and mythology behind it. The International Astronomical Union has established some 88 modern constellations and another 48 Ptolemaic constellations. 2 Location of Cassiopeia in the night sky.In the Indian constellation system, Cassiopeia is known as ಕುಂತಿ (Kunti), a character from the Mahabharata. Poseidon and his brother Zeus decreed that Casseopia be placed in the sky as a constellation, and as punishment for being so conceited about her looks, she would suffer the humiliating position of being upside down in the sky during the fall of the year when her constellation is best seen. However, she was saved by Perseus, and Cetus was turned to stone. The people took Andromeda and chained her to a rock which projected out into the sea to be sacrificed to Cetus.
He replied that if the beautiful Andromeda, Casseopia’s only daughter, were to be sacrificed to Cetus the destruction would stop. The people asked Poseidon if there were any other way to stop the destruction. Poseidon replied that if Casseopia would admit that his sea nymphs were indeed more beautiful than she, he would stop the monster. In an effort to stop this tremendous destruction, the people when to Poseidon and asked what could be done to stop this monster. This created great fear among the people of Casseopia’s country. In his anger, he created a great sea monster, Cetus (also described as a great fish or whale), to ravage the seas, sinking ships, killing the sailors, and destroying towns and villages along the seacoast. Poseidon, the brother of Zeus and the god of the sea, took great offense at this statement, for he created the most beautiful beings ever in the form of his sea nymphs. Eventually, herboasting proclaimed that her beauty even exceeded that of the gods. As time went by, she began to say that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. She boasted that she was the most beautiful woman in the kingdom. In classical mythology, Cassiopeia was queen of Ethiopia, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.Īccording to the Greeks, Queen Casseopia, was very beautiful. It contains more than twenty open clusters exceeding tenth magnitude, and a similar number of fifth magnitude stars. The plane of the Milky Way runs through the middle of the ‘W’ asterism, making it a particularly rich area of the sky to view through binoculars. Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy It is highest in the sky at midnight in the months around September. Cassiopeia is one of the most recognizable of the constellations, a distinctive ‘W’ shape in the far northern sky.
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