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71 relations: Absolute magnitude, Alpha Lacertae, Andromeda in Chinese astronomy, Apparent magnitude, AR Cassiopeiae, Astronomical spectroscopy, Bayer designation, Beta Lacertae, Boss General Catalogue, Bright Star Catalogue, Carbon, Cassiopeia (constellation), Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy, Catalogues of Fundamental Stars, Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg, Cepheid variable, Cepheus in Chinese astronomy, Chinese constellations, CNO cycle, Cygnus in Chinese astronomy, Dredge-up, Durchmusterung, Earth mass, Eddington luminosity, Encampment (Chinese constellation), Epsilon Cephei, Flamsteed designation, Flying serpent (asterism), General Catalogue of Variable Stars, HD 206267, Helium, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, Hydrogen-alpha, Iota Andromedae, Johann Bayer, John Flamsteed, Kappa Andromedae, Kelvin, Lacerta in Chinese astronomy, Lambda Andromedae, List of Chinese star names, List of most luminous stars, Milky Way, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Pi1 Cygni, Pi2 Cygni, Psi Andromedae, Red supergiant, ... Expand index (21 more) »
- G-type hypergiants
Absolute magnitude
In astronomy, absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.
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Alpha Lacertae
Alpha Lacertae, Latinised from α Lacertae, is a single white-hued star in the constellation of Lacerta, located 103 light-years from the Sun. Rho Cassiopeiae and Alpha Lacertae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Andromeda in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Andromeda lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
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Apparent magnitude
Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.
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AR Cassiopeiae
AR Cassiopeiae (AR Cas) is a variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Rho Cassiopeiae and aR Cassiopeiae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Cassiopeia (constellation), Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Astronomical spectroscopy
Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray, infrared and radio waves that radiate from stars and other celestial objects.
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Bayer designation
A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.
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Beta Lacertae
Beta Lacertae (Beta Lac, β Lacertae, β Lac) is the fourth-brightest star in the constellation of Lacerta. Rho Cassiopeiae and Beta Lacertae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Boss General Catalogue
Boss General Catalogue (GC, sometimes General Catalogue) is an astronomical catalogue containing 33,342 stars.
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Bright Star Catalogue
The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars, Yale Bright Star Catalogue, or just YBS, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth. Rho Cassiopeiae and bright Star Catalogue are bright Star Catalogue objects.
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Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
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Cassiopeia (constellation)
Cassiopeia 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.
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Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Cassiopeia lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ) and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. Rho Cassiopeiae and Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy are Cassiopeia (constellation).
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Catalogues of Fundamental Stars
The Catalogue of Fundamental Stars is a series of six astrometric catalogues of high precision positional data for a small selection of stars to define a celestial reference frame, which is a standard coordinate system for measuring positions of stars.
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Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg
The Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS; English translation: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre) is a data centre which collects and distributes astronomical information.
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Cepheid variable
A Cepheid variable is a type of variable star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature.
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Cepheus in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Cepheus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese xīng guān).
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CNO cycle
The CNO cycle (for carbon–nitrogen–oxygen; sometimes called Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle after Hans Albrecht Bethe and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker) is one of the two known sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium, the other being the proton–proton chain reaction (p–p cycle), which is more efficient at the Sun's core temperature.
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Cygnus in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Cygnus is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).
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Dredge-up
A dredge-up is any one of several stages in the evolution of some stars.
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Durchmusterung
In astronomy, Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) is an astrometric star catalogue of the whole sky, published by the Bonn Observatory in Germany from 1859 to 1863, with an extension published in Bonn in 1886.
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Earth mass
An Earth mass (denoted as M🜨, M♁ or ME, where 🜨 and ♁ are the astronomical symbols for Earth), is a unit of mass equal to the mass of the planet Earth.
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Eddington luminosity
The Eddington luminosity, also referred to as the Eddington limit, is the maximum luminosity a body (such as a star) can achieve when there is balance between the force of radiation acting outward and the gravitational force acting inward.
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Encampment (Chinese constellation)
The Encampment mansion is one of the 28 mansions of the Chinese constellations.
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Epsilon Cephei
Epsilon Cephei, Latinized from ε Cephei, is a star in the northern constellation of Cepheus. Rho Cassiopeiae and Epsilon Cephei are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Flamsteed designation
A Flamsteed designation is a combination of a number and constellation name that uniquely identifies most naked eye stars in the modern constellations visible from southern England.
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Flying serpent (asterism)
Flying Serpent (Tengshe 螣蛇) is an asterism (name for a group of stars) in the constellation "Encampment" (Shixiu 室宿) in the Chinese constellation system.
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General Catalogue of Variable Stars
The General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS) is a list of variable stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
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HD 206267
HD 206267A is a hierarchical triple star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus. Rho Cassiopeiae and hD 206267 are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Helium
Helium (from lit) is a chemical element; it has symbol He and atomic number 2.
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Henry Draper Catalogue
The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars. Rho Cassiopeiae and Henry Draper Catalogue are Henry Draper Catalogue objects.
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Hipparcos
Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.
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Hydrogen-alpha
Hydrogen-alpha, typically shortened to H-alpha or Hα, is a deep-red visible spectral line of the hydrogen atom with a wavelength of 656.28 nm in air and 656.46 nm in vacuum.
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Iota Andromedae
Iota Andromedae is a single star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and Iota Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Johann Bayer
Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).
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John Flamsteed
John Flamsteed (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.
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Kappa Andromedae
Kappa Andromedae, Latinized from κ Andromedae, is the Bayer designation for a bright star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and Kappa Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is the base unit of measurement for temperature in the International System of Units (SI).
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Lacerta in Chinese astronomy
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Lacerta is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ).
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Lambda Andromedae
Lambda Andromedae, Latinized from λ Andromedae, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and Lambda Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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List of Chinese star names
Chinese star names (Chinese:, xīng míng) are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology.
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List of most luminous stars
This is a list of stars arranged by their absolute magnitude – their intrinsic stellar luminosity.
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Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Pi1 Cygni
Pi1 Cygni (π1 Cygni, abbreviated Pi1 Cyg, π1 Cyg) is a binary star in the northern constellation of Cygnus. Rho Cassiopeiae and Pi1 Cygni are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Pi2 Cygni
Pi2 Cygni, Latinized from π2 Cygni, is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus. Rho Cassiopeiae and Pi2 Cygni are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Psi Andromedae
Psi Andromedae (ψ And, ψ Andromedae) is the Bayer designation for a triple star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and Psi Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Red supergiant
Red supergiants (RSGs) are stars with a supergiant luminosity class (Yerkes class I) and a stellar classification K or M. They are the largest stars in the universe in terms of volume, although they are not the most massive or luminous.
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Right ascension
Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point in question above the Earth.
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Semiregular variable star
In astronomy, a semiregular variable star, a type of variable star, is a giant or supergiant of intermediate and late (cooler) spectral type showing considerable periodicity in its light changes, accompanied or sometimes interrupted by various irregularities. Rho Cassiopeiae and semiregular variable star are semiregular variable stars.
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Sigma Cassiopeiae
Sigma Cassiopeiae (σ Cas, σ Cassiopeiae) is a binary star in the constellation Cassiopeia. Rho Cassiopeiae and Sigma Cassiopeiae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Cassiopeia (constellation), Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog is an astrometric star catalogue, created by Smithsonian Institution, a research institute.
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Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
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Solar mass
The solar mass is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately.
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Spectral line
A spectral line is a weaker or stronger region in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Tau Cassiopeiae
Tau Cassiopeiae (τ Cassiopeiae) is a solitary, orange hued star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. Rho Cassiopeiae and Tau Cassiopeiae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Cassiopeia (constellation), Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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Triple-alpha process
The triple-alpha process is a set of nuclear fusion reactions by which three helium-4 nuclei (alpha particles) are transformed into carbon.
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Twenty-Eight Mansions
The Twenty-Eight Mansions, also called xiu or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system.
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Uranometria
Uranometria is a star atlas produced by Johann Bayer.
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V382 Carinae
V382 Carinae, also known as x Carinae (x Car), is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Carina. Rho Cassiopeiae and V382 Carinae are bright Star Catalogue objects, g-type hypergiants, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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V509 Cassiopeiae
V509 Cassiopeiae (V509 Cas or HR 8752) is one of two yellow hypergiant stars found in the constellation Cassiopeia, which also contains Rho Cassiopeiae. Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Cassiopeia (constellation), g-type hypergiants, Henry Draper Catalogue objects, Hipparcos objects and semiregular variable stars.
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William Herschel Telescope
The William Herschel Telescope (WHT) is a optical/near-infrared reflecting telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain.
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Yellow hypergiant
A yellow hypergiant (YHG) is a massive star with an extended atmosphere, a spectral class from A to K, and, starting with an initial mass of about 20–60 solar masses, has lost as much as half that mass.
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3 Andromedae
3 Andromedae, abbreviated 3 And, is a single star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and 3 Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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4 Lacertae
4 Lacertae is a single blue supergiant star in the northern constellation Lacerta, located about 2,600 light years away. Rho Cassiopeiae and 4 Lacertae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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7 Andromedae
7 Andromedae (abbreviated 7 And) is a single, yellow-white hued star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and 7 Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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8 Andromedae
8 Andromedae, abbreviated 8 And, is a probable triple star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Rho Cassiopeiae and 8 Andromedae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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9 Lacertae
9 Lacertae is a single star in the northern constellation Lacerta, located 172 light years away from Sun. Rho Cassiopeiae and 9 Lacertae are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.
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See also
G-type hypergiants
- HD 179821
- Omicron1 Centauri
- R Puppis
- RW Cephei
- Rho Cassiopeiae
- V382 Carinae
- V509 Cassiopeiae
- V810 Centauri
References
Also known as 7 Cas, 7 Cassiopeiae, HD 224014, Rho Cas, Rho Cassiopeiae star, Ρ Cassiopeiae.