Cassiopeia

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Cassiopeia is a prominent W-shaped constellation in the northern sky, easily recognizable and rich in notable deep-sky objects and astronomical phenomena.

All labels observed (6)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
constellation
abbreviation Cas NERFINISHED
areaSquareDegrees approximately 598
associatedMyth Perseus myth cycle NERFINISHED
borderingConstellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
Camelopardalis NERFINISHED
Cepheus NERFINISHED
Lacerta NERFINISHED
Perseus NERFINISHED
brightestStar Schedar NERFINISHED
brightestStarApparentMagnitude approximately 2.2
catalogue one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy
one of the 88 modern IAU constellations
circumpolarFromLatitude greater than about 40 degrees north
containsGalaxy NGC 147 NERFINISHED
NGC 185 NERFINISHED
containsNebula Heart Nebula NERFINISHED
Pacman Nebula NERFINISHED
Soul Nebula NERFINISHED
containsOpenCluster Messier 103 NERFINISHED
Messier 52 NERFINISHED
NGC 457 NERFINISHED
NGC 654 NERFINISHED
NGC 663 NERFINISHED
containsRadioSource Cassiopeia A NERFINISHED
containsStar Caph NERFINISHED
Gamma Cassiopeiae NERFINISHED
Ruchbah NERFINISHED
Schedar NERFINISHED
Segin NERFINISHED
containsSupernovaRemnant Cassiopeia A NERFINISHED
containsVariableStar Gamma Cassiopeiae NERFINISHED
Rho Cassiopeiae NERFINISHED
V509 Cassiopeiae NERFINISHED
culturalSignificance used for navigation in the northern hemisphere
declination approximately +60 degrees
family Perseus family of constellations NERFINISHED
firstCataloguedBy Ptolemy NERFINISHED
genitiveForm Cassiopeiae NERFINISHED
hemisphere northern celestial hemisphere
IAUApprovalYear 1922
IAUBoundaryDefinitionYear 1930
meteorShowerRadiant Perseids vicinity
MilkyWayPassesThrough true
mythologicalOrigin Queen Cassiopeia of Aethiopia in Greek mythology NERFINISHED
name Cassiopeia NERFINISHED
notableAsterism W-shaped pattern of five bright stars
orientationRelativeToPolaris opposite the Big Dipper across Polaris
quadrant NQ1
rankByArea 25th largest constellation
rightAscension approximately 1 hour
symbol W-shaped asterism
visibleFromLatitudeRange 90 to -20 degrees
visibleInMonth December
November
zodiacal false

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SN 1572 locatedInConstellation Cassiopeia
Double Cluster isNear constellation Cassiopeia
linked to: Cassiopeia
IC 10 locatedIn constellation Cassiopeia
linked to: Cassiopeia
Andromeda I constellation Cassiopeia
NGC 7538 constellation Cepheus
linked to: Cassiopeia
NGC 281 locatedInConstellation Cassiopeia
subject linked to: NGC 281 (Pacman Nebula)
W5 star-forming region partOf Cassiopeia constellation region
linked to: Cassiopeia
IC 1805 locatedInConstellation Cassiopeia
subject linked to: IC 1805 (Heart Nebula)
IC 1848 locatedInConstellation Cassiopeia
subject linked to: IC 1848 (Soul Nebula)
Rescuing Andromeda featuresCharacter Cassiopeia
subject linked to: rescuing Andromeda
Rescuing Andromeda relatedConstellation CassiopeiaConstellation
subject linked to: rescuing Andromeda
linked to: Cassiopeia
Perseus constellation borderedBy Cassiopeia constellation
linked to: Cassiopeia
Ursa Major family hasMember Cassiopeia
Andromeda mother Cassiopeia
Camelopardalis locatedNear Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia associatedWith constellation Cassiopeia
subject linked to: Cassiopeia from Greek mythology
linked to: Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia transformedInto constellation Cassiopeia
subject linked to: Cassiopeia from Greek mythology
linked to: Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia hasTitle Cassiopeia