Cassiopeia, the Queen

Distinctive for its “W” shape, the Cassiopeia lies in the Northern Hemisphere. In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia was the queen and wife of King Cepheus. She boasted about her beauty and angered the sea god Poseidon. As punishment, she needed to sacrifice her daughter Andromeda by tying her to a rock to be eaten by the sea monster Cetus. Andromeda was saved by Perseus and went on to become his wife. The gods were so displeased at Cassiopeia that they bound her to a chair in the sky as a constellation.

This constellation contains the Perseid meteor shower as well as a total of eight named stars: Achird, Caph, Castula, Fulu, Nushagak, Ruchbah, Schedar, and Segin.

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NAME: The Queen

AREA (in square degrees): 598.407

QUADRANT: NQ1

VISIBLE BETWEEN LATITUDES: 90°N – 20°S