Constellations
Cassiopeia (Cas)
The Queen
Also known as queen.
6 looks for Cassiopeia
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Cassiopeia
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Queen
- IAU abbreviation
- Cas
- Its stars are named
- Cassiopeiae (as in "Alpha Cassiopeiae")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in November
- Centre
- Right ascension 0h 59m, declination +60° 22′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- Shedar, magnitude 2.23
Star patterns in it: Cassiopeia's W.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Shedar (α Cas)mag 2.23
- Caph (β Cas)mag 2.27
- Navi (γ Cas)mag 2.47
- Ruchbah (δ Cas)mag 2.68
- Segin (ε Cas)mag 3.38
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation