Constellations
Perseus (Per)
The Hero Who Slew Medusa
6 looks for Perseus
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 Perseus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Hero Who Slew Medusa
- IAU abbreviation
- Per
- Its stars are named
- Persei (as in "Alpha Persei")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 3h 24m, declination +45° 10′
- The figure
- 23 stars joined by 23 lines
- Brightest star
- Mirfak, magnitude 1.79
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Mirfak (α Per)mag 1.79
- Algol (β Per)mag 2.12
- Atik (ζ Per)mag 2.85
- ε Permag 2.89
- γ Permag 2.93
- δ Permag 3.01
- Gorgonea Tertia (ρ Per)mag 3.39
- Miram (η Per)mag 3.76
- ν Permag 3.77
- Misam (κ Per)mag 3.80
- ο Permag 3.83
- τ Permag 3.95
- Menkib (ξ Per)mag 4.04
- c Permag 4.04
- ι Permag 4.05
- φ Permag 4.07
- θ Permag 4.12
- μ Permag 4.14
- ψ Permag 4.23
- λ Permag 4.29
- Gorgonea Quarta (ω Per)mag 4.63
- Gorgonea Secunda (π Per)mag 4.70
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