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Two easy-to-find star groupings appear during late summer and early autumn. You can see them by going outdoors and facing north during early evening ...
Riding high in the northeast sky as darkness descends is a striking zigzag row of five stars marking the Queen of Ethiopia, Cassiopeia.
Every night it isn’t cloudy, I mean. Cassiopeia is what we call a circumpolar constellation. That means we can watch it spin around the North Star, above the horizon, all night long. Any others?
Astro Bob: Meet Cassiopeia's husband Cepheus We continue our constellation survey of the northern sky with a visit to King Cepheus, home of planet Tadmor and a remarkable pulsating star.
On August nights, look just above Cassiopeia for another “W.” It appears almost like a miniature version (with a few extra stars), but it’s part of the constellation Lacerta, the lizard.
Constellation origin: Cassiopeia, the queen of Ethiopia, was very vain and bragged she was more beautiful than the Nereids, 50 sea nymphs fathered by the Titan Nereus.
M11 is best viewed in the hours between sunset and midnight in August, when the cluster can be found roughly 40 degrees above ...
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in the Cassiopeia constellation.
Constellation of the week: Cassiopeia This constellation is located near the North Star and is visible throughout the year in the northern hemisphere.
There’s still time to catch the Perseid meteor shower, with darker skies offering better viewing than during its moonlit peak ...
In the early morning of September 4, there was a brief meteor shower outburst visible over California and Arizona with a radiant in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was recorded by low-light video ...