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Cassiopeia (constellation)

Index 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. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 186 relations: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Aethiopia, Algol variable, Alpha, Alpha Cassiopeiae, Alpha Persei, Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable, Andromeda (constellation), Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda Galaxy, AO Cassiopeiae, Apparent magnitude, Arianrhod, Aries (constellation), Asterism (astronomy), Astronomical radio source, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Augustin Royer, B-type main-sequence star, Bandcamp, Bathsheba, Be star, Bears in Trees, Beta Cassiopeiae, Binary star, Black Tortoise, Blue supergiant, Bow shock, Caldwell catalogue, Camelopardalis, Casiopea, Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda), Cassiopeia A, Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy, Celestial pole, Cepheus (constellation), Cepheus (father of Andromeda), Cetus, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Chi Persei, Chinese astronomy, Chukchi people, Comet, Constellation, Constellation family, Corona Borealis, Crater-class cargo ship, Cygnus (constellation), Deborah, Declination, ... Expand index (136 more) »

  2. Constellations listed by Ptolemy
  3. Northern constellations

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (عبدالرحمن الصوفی; 7 December 90325 May 986) was a Persian Muslim astronomer.

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Aethiopia

Ancient Aethiopia, (Aithiopía; Aethiopia and also Ethiopia) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the upper Nile region of Sudan, areas south of the Sahara, and certain areas in Asia.

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Algol variable

Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars that are similar to the prototype member of this class, β Persei (Beta Persei, Algol).

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Alpha

Alpha (uppercase, lowercase) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet.

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Alpha Cassiopeiae

Alpha Cassiopeiae or α Cassiopeiae, also named Schedar, is a second-magnitude star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Alpha Persei

Alpha Persei (Latinized from α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), formally named Mirfak (pronounced or), is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Perseus, outshining the constellation's best-known star, Algol (β Persei).

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Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable

An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable (or α2 CVn variable) is a type of variable star.

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Andromeda (constellation)

Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy, and one of the 88 modern constellations. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Andromeda (constellation) are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Andromeda (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Andromeda (Androméda or label) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia.

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Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.

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AO Cassiopeiae

AO Cassiopeiae, also known as Pearce's Star, is a binary system composed of an O8 main sequence star and an O9.2 bright giant that respectively weigh anywhere between 20.30 and 57.75 times and 14.8 and 31.73 times the mass of the Sun.

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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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Arianrhod

Arianrhod is a figure in Welsh mythology who plays her most important role in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.

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Aries (constellation)

Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Aries (constellation) are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Asterism (astronomy)

An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky. Cassiopeia (constellation) and asterism (astronomy) are constellations.

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Astronomical radio source

An astronomical radio source is an object in outer space that emits strong radio waves.

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.

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Augustin Royer

Augustin Royer was a French architect who lived in the time of Louis XIV.

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B-type main-sequence star

A B-type main-sequence star (B V) is a main-sequence (hydrogen-burning) star of spectral type B and luminosity class V. These stars have from 2 to 16 times the mass of the Sun and surface temperatures between 10,000 and 30,000 K. B-type stars are extremely luminous and blue.

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Bandcamp

Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California.

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Bathsheba

Bathsheba (or; בַּת־שֶׁבַע, Baṯ-šeḇaʿ, Bat-Sheva or Batsheva, "daughter of Sheba" or "daughter of the oath") was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible.

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Be star

Be stars are a heterogeneous set of stars with B spectral types and emission lines.

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Bears in Trees

Bears in Trees are an English indie rock band from Croydon, South London, England.

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Beta Cassiopeiae

Beta Cassiopeiae (β Cassiopeiae, abbreviated Beta Cas or β Cas), officially named Caph, is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Binary star

A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other.

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Black Tortoise

The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.

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Blue supergiant

A blue supergiant (BSG) is a hot, luminous star, often referred to as an OB supergiant.

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Bow shock

In astrophysics, a bow shock occurs when the magnetosphere of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma such as the solar wind.

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Caldwell catalogue

The Caldwell catalogue is an astronomical catalogue of 109 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies for observation by amateur astronomers.

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Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Camelopardalis are constellations and northern constellations.

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Casiopea

, now known in its fourth iteration as Casiopea-P4, is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, drummer Tohru "Rika" Suzuki, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike.

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Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda)

Cassiopeia (Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια Kassiópeia, Modern Greek: Κασσιόπη Kassiópē) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of Aethiopia and wife of King Cepheus.

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Cassiopeia A

Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cassiopeia and the brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky at frequencies above 1 GHz.

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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.

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Celestial pole

The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere.

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Cepheus (constellation)

Cepheus is a constellation in the deep northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Cepheus (constellation) are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Cepheus (father of Andromeda)

In Greek mythology, Cepheus (Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kepheús) was the name of two rulers of Aethiopia, grandfather and grandson.

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Cetus

Cetus is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Cetus are constellations and constellations listed by Ptolemy.

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.

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Chi Persei

Chi Persei (Chi Per, χ Persei, χ Per) is the name of a star and an open cluster.

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Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years.

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Chukchi people

The Chukchi, or Chukchee (Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэт, О'равэтԓьэт, Ḷygʺoravètḷʹèt, O'ravètḷʹèt), are a Siberian ethnic group native to the Chukchi Peninsula, the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean all within modern Russia.

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Comet

A comet is an icy, small Solar System body that warms and begins to release gases when passing close to the Sun, a process called outgassing.

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Constellation

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. Cassiopeia (constellation) and constellation are constellations.

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Constellation family

Constellation families are collections of constellations sharing some defining characteristic, such as proximity on the celestial sphere, common historical origin, or common mythological theme. Cassiopeia (constellation) and constellation family are constellations.

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Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Corona Borealis are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Crater-class cargo ship

The Crater-class cargo ship were converted EC2-S-C1 type, Liberty cargo ships, constructed by the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) for use by the US Navy during World War II.

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Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Cygnus (constellation) are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Deborah

According to the Book of Judges, Deborah (דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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Delta Cassiopeiae

Delta Cassiopeiae (δ Cassiopeiae, abbreviated Delta Cas, δ Cas) is an eclipsing binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Delta Persei

Delta Persei (Delta Per, δ Persei, δ Per) is a double star in the northern constellation of Perseus.

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Delta Scuti variable

A Delta Scuti variable (sometimes termed dwarf cepheid when the V-band amplitude is larger than 0.3 mag.) is a subclass of young pulsating star.

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Devayani

Devayani (translit) is a character in Hindu literature.

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Double star

In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other as viewed from Earth, especially with the aid of optical telescopes.

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Dwarf galaxy

A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars.

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (or simply E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison.

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Elliptical galaxy

An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy with an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless image.

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Emission nebula

An emission nebula is a nebula formed of ionized gases that emit light of various wavelengths.

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Epsilon Cassiopeiae

Epsilon Cassiopeiae or ε Cassiopeiae, officially named Segin, is a single star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Epsilon Persei

Epsilon Persei, Latinized from ε Persei, is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Perseus.

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Equatorial coordinate system

The equatorial coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system widely used to specify the positions of celestial objects.

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Eta Cassiopeiae

Eta Cassiopeiae (η Cassiopeiae, abbreviated Eta Cas, η Cas) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Eta Persei

Eta Persei (η Persei, abbreviated Eta Per, η Per), is a binary star and the 'A' component of a triple star system (the 'B' component is the star HD 237009) in the constellation of Perseus.

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Eugène Joseph Delporte

Eugène Joseph Delporte (10 January 1882 – 19 October 1955) was a Belgian astronomer born in Genappe.

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Exoplanet

An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System.

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Fatima

Fatima bint Muhammad (Fāṭima bint Muḥammad; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija.

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G-type main-sequence star

A G-type main-sequence star (spectral type: G-V), also often, and imprecisely, called a yellow dwarf, or G star, is a main-sequence star (luminosity class V) of spectral type G. Such a star has about 0.9 to 1.1 solar masses and an effective temperature between about.

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Gamma Cassiopeiae

Gamma Cassiopeiae, Latinized from γ Cassiopeiae, is a bright star at the center of the distinctive "W" asterism in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Gamma Cassiopeiae variable

A Gamma Cassiopeiae variable (γ Cassiopeiae variable) is a type of variable star, named for its prototype γ Cassiopeiae.

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Gamma Persei

Gamma Persei (Gamma Per, γ Persei, γ Per) is a binary star system in the constellation Perseus.

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Giant star

A giant star has a substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main-sequence (or dwarf) star of the same surface temperature.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Gwydion

Gwydion fab Dôn is a magician, hero and trickster of Welsh mythology, appearing most prominently in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, which focuses largely on his relationship with his young nephew, Lleu Llaw Gyffes.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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HD 219134

HD 219134 (also known as Gliese 892 or HR 8832) is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running Dog Nebula, IC 1805, Sharpless 2-190) is an emission nebula, 7500 light years away from Earth and located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Henna

Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree.

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Hindu mythology

Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana) the Puranas, and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and ''Divya Prabandham'', and the Mangal Kavya of Bengal.

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Hypergiant

A hypergiant (luminosity class 0 or Ia+) is a very rare type of star that has an extremely high luminosity, mass, size and mass loss because of its extreme stellar winds.

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IAU designated constellations by area

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations of stars. Cassiopeia (constellation) and IAU designated constellations by area are constellations.

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IC 10

IC 10 is an irregular galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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IC 342/Maffei Group

The IC 342/Maffei Group (also known as the IC 342 Group or the Maffei 1 Group) corresponds to one or two galaxy groups close to the Local Group.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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Iota Cassiopeiae

Iota Cassiopeiae (ι Cas, ι Cassiopeiae) is a star system in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Jesus

Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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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 Cassiopeiae

Kappa Cassiopeiae (κ Cas, κ Cassiopeiae) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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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

Lacerta is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Lacerta are constellations and northern constellations.

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League of Legends

League of Legends (LoL), commonly referred to as League, is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games.

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Lexico

Lexico was a dictionary website that provided a collection of English and Spanish dictionaries produced by Oxford University Press (OUP), the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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List of biblical names

Names play a variety of roles in the Bible.

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List of largest stars

Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy.

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Local Group

The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way, where Earth is located.

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Luminosity

Luminosity is an absolute measure of radiated electromagnetic energy (light) per unit time, and is synonymous with the radiant power emitted by a light-emitting object.

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Maffei 1

Maffei 1 is a massive elliptical galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Maffei 2

Maffei 2 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 10 million light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands (Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ), is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection.

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Messier 103

Messier 103 (also known as M103, or NGC 581) is a small open cluster of many faint stars in Cassiopeia.

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Messier 52

Messier 52 or M52, also known as NGC 7654 or the Scorpion Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the highly northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Messier object

The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his (Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters).

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Meteor shower

A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.

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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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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in astronomy, astrophysics and related fields.

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Muhammad

Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.

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Nebula

A nebula (cloud, fog;: nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is a distinct luminescent part of interstellar medium, which can consist of ionized, neutral, or molecular hydrogen and also cosmic dust.

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Nereids

In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides (Nērēḯdes;, also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris, sisters to their brother Nerites.

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NGC 147

NGC 147 (also known as DDO3 or Caldwell 17) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.58 Mly away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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NGC 185

NGC 185 (also known as Caldwell 18) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy located 2.08 million light-years from Earth, appearing in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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NGC 225

NGC 225 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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NGC 457

NGC 457 (also designated Caldwell 13, and known as the Dragonfly Cluster, E.T. Cluster, Owl Cluster, Kachina Doll Cluster or Phi Cassiopeiae Cluster) is an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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NGC 654

NGC 654 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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NGC 663

NGC 663 (also known as Caldwell 10) is a young open cluster in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

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NGC 7789

NGC 7789 (also known as Caroline's Rose, Caroline's Haystack, or the White Rose Cluster) is an open cluster in Cassiopeia that was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783.

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NGC 7790

NGC 7790 is a young open cluster of stars located some 10,800 light years away from Earth in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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NGC 869

NGC 869 (also known as h Persei) is an open cluster located 7460 light years away in the constellation of Perseus.

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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is an action role-playing game, developed by Level-5.

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North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.

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Northern celestial hemisphere

The northern celestial hemisphere, also called the Northern Sky, is the northern half of the celestial sphere; that is, it lies north of the celestial equator.

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Nu Persei

ν Persei, Latinized as Nu Persei, is a single star and a suspected variable in the northern constellation of Perseus.

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Omega

Omega (-->uppercase Ω, lowercase ω; Ancient Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the twenty-fourth and last letter in the Greek alphabet.

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Omicron Cassiopeiae

Omicron Cassiopeiae (ο Cas, ο Cassiopeiae) is a triple star system in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Perseids

The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August.

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Perseus

In Greek mythology, Perseus (Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty.

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Perseus (constellation)

Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Perseus (constellation) are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Perseus Arm

The Perseus Arm is one of two major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Phi Cassiopeiae

Phi Cassiopeiae (φ Cas, φ Cassiopeiae) is a multiple star in the constellation Cassiopeia with a combined apparent magnitude of +4.95.

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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

and are 2022 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch.

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Polaris

Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

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Psi Cassiopeiae

Psi Cassiopeiae (ψ Cassiopeiae) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.

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Pukapuka

Pukapuka, formerly Danger Island, is a coral atoll in the northern group of the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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PZ Cassiopeiae

PZ Cassiopeiae is a red supergiant star located in the constellation of Cassiopeia, and a semi-regular variable star.

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Queen regnant

A queen regnant (queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king.

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Radiant (meteor shower)

The radiant or apparent radiant of a meteor shower is the celestial point in the sky from which (from the point of view of a terrestrial observer) the paths of meteors appear to originate.

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Radio spectrum

The radio spectrum is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies from 3 Hz to 3,000 GHz (3 THz).

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Rho Cassiopeiae

Rho Cassiopeiae (ρ Cas, ρ Cassiopeiae) is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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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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RS Canum Venaticorum variable

An RS Canum Venaticorum variable is a type of variable star.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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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.

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Sharmishtha

Sharmishtha is a princess in Hindu mythology.

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Shell star

A shell star is a star having a spectrum that shows extremely broad absorption lines, plus some very narrow absorption lines.

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Siberia

Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

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Sigma Cassiopeiae

Sigma Cassiopeiae (σ Cas, σ Cassiopeiae) is a binary star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Sky & Telescope

Sky & Telescope (S&T) is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following.

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Slowly pulsating B-type star

A slowly pulsating B-type star (SPB), formerly known as a 53 Persei variable, is a type of pulsating variable star.

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SN 1572

SN 1572 (Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova), or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas), was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia, one of eight supernovae visible to the naked eye in historical records.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

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Spheroid

A spheroid, also known as an ellipsoid of revolution or rotational ellipsoid, is a quadric surface obtained by rotating an ellipse about one of its principal axes; in other words, an ellipsoid with two equal semi-diameters.

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Star system

A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars that orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction.

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Starburst galaxy

A starburst galaxy is one undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation, as compared to the long-term average rate of star formation in the galaxy, or the star formation rate observed in most other galaxies.

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Stellar kinematics

In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space.

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Stellar rotation

Stellar rotation is the angular motion of a star about its axis.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Supernova

A supernova (supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star.

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Supernova remnant

A supernova remnant (SNR) is the structure resulting from the explosion of a star in a supernova.

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Theta Cassiopeiae

Theta Cassiopeiae or θ Cassiopeiae is a solitary star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Triangulum

Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky. Cassiopeia (constellation) and Triangulum are constellations, constellations listed by Ptolemy and northern constellations.

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Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe,; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations.

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Tycho G

Tycho G has been proposed as the surviving binary companion star of the SN 1572 supernova event.

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Upsilon

Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; ύψιλον ýpsilon) or ypsilon is the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet.

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USS Cassiopeia

USS Cassiopeia (AK-75) was a in the service of the US Navy in World War II.

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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.

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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) changes with time.

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W

W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.

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Welsh mythology

Welsh mythology consists of both folk traditions developed in Wales, and traditions developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium.

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Westerhout 5

Westerhout 5 (Sharpless 2-199, LBN 667, Soul Nebula) is an emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.

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White Tiger (mythology)

The White Tiger, is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.

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William Herschel

Frederick William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer.

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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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Zenith

The zenith is an imaginary point directly "above" a particular location, on the celestial sphere.

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Zeta Cassiopeiae

Zeta Cassiopeiae, Latinized from ζ Cassiopeiae, and officially named Fulu, is a variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

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Ziwei enclosure

The Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣 Zǐ wēi yuán) is one of the San Yuan (三垣 Sān yuán) or Three Enclosures.

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20th parallel south

The 20th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 20 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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25th parallel south

The 25th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, just south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

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34th parallel north

The 34th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 34 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.

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50 Cassiopeiae

50 Cassiopeiae is a white star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia.

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6 Cassiopeiae

6 Cassiopeiae (6 Cas) is a white hypergiant in the constellation Cassiopeia, and a small-amplitude variable star.

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See also

Constellations listed by Ptolemy

Northern constellations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)

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