The constellation is named after Cassiopeia, the queen of Aethiopia. IC 10 is an irregular galaxy that is the closest known starburst galaxy and the only one in the Local Group of galaxies.Ĭassiopeia in her chair, as depicted in Urania's Mirror A rich section of the Milky Way runs through Cassiopeia, containing a number of open clusters, young luminous galactic disc stars, and nebulae. Fourteen star systems have been found to have exoplanets, one of which- HR 8832-is thought to host seven planets. Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant and the brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky at frequencies above 1 GHz.
In 1572, Tycho Brahe's supernova flared brightly in Cassiopeia. The constellation hosts some of the most luminous stars known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. In the (sub)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 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 was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Visible at latitudes between + 90° and − 20°.īest visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November.Ĭassiopeia ( listen) 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. for the constellation also / ˌ k æ s i ˈ oʊ p i ə/ Cássiópeia
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