Cassiopeia
Position in the Sky
Named Stars
Messier Objects
- M52 (open cluster)
- M103 (open cluster)
Take a look at the story of how Perseus
slew Medusa, the mother of Pegasus, and
rescued Andromeda, the daughter of
Cepheus and
Cassiopeia, from the sea monster
Cetus.
The Romans described her chained to her throne in the heavens as
punishment for her boastfulness. As the sky appears to rotate, she
can sometimes be seen suffering as she hangs upside down.
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