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	Exploring Cassiopeia
		Cassiopeia is one of the easiest constellations to pick out by looking for a very distinctive "W." The queen lies in the middle of the milky way offering a beautiful backdrop of faint stars for all looks.
		Cassiopeia was the legendary queen of Ethiopia, known throughout the land for her elegant beauty.
		Enraged by Cassiopeia's false bragging, the Sea Nymph's begged the God of the Sea, Poseidon, to punish the queen for her insults and conceit.
	www.fvastro.org /beginners/exploring_cassiopeia.htm (607 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Cassiopeia (constellation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cassiopeia is a northern constellation which Greek mythology considered to represent a vain queen.
		Cassiopeia was the site of Tycho Brahe's supernova of 1572 (SN 1572), and is also the location of Cassiopeia A, the strongest radio source in the sky (other than the sun).
		Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a supernova which apparently occurred in about 1667, although there is no record of it having been observed.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Cassiopeia_(constellation) (872 words)

	* Beta Cassiopeiae - (Astronomy): Definition
		With beta Cassiopeiae () and gamma Pegasi (), as the Three Guides, it marks the equinoctial colure, the prime meridian of the heavens.
		Beta Cassiopeiae is known as Caph from the Arabic meaning ‘stained hand’, as it was thought by them to represent a hand stained with henna.
		Shedar, Alpha Cassiopeiae, the southernmost star of the "W," is up and to the left of Gamma, while Caph, Beta Cassiopeiae, is at the eastern (here, the left-hand) end.
	en.mimi.hu /astronomy/beta_cassiopeiae.html (166 words)

	Cassiopeia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cassiopeia is very easy to recognize thanks to its characteristic W shape: in comparison with Ursa Maior, it is on the opposite side of the Polar Star.
		Appeared near kappa Cassiopeiae, the supernova reached the brightness of Venus and it was visible to the naked eye for sixteen months.
		Cassiopeia, daughter of Arab son of Ermes, was wife of Cepheus, to whom she gave a daughter, Andromeda.
	www.astrofilitrentini.it /mat/costell/cas_e.html (193 words)

	Cassiopeia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mu Cassiopeiae is one of the most rapidly-moving naked-eye stars, and, in fact, belongs to a different class of stars than most stars visible from Earth.
		Somewhat farther away than these three stars, but still relatively close to the Sun, is Beta Cassiopeiae, the rightmost star in the "W".
		Midway through the animation, Beta moves enough to distort the familiar shape; after 50,000 years, longer than the scope of this animation, Cassiopeia would be largely unrecognizable.
	www.astronexus.com /3duniv/contents/anim-pages/pm-cass.html (216 words)

	Science Line - Night Patrol - Constellations - Cassiopeia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In ancient mythology Cassiopeia was a proud queen, wife of King Cepheus and mother of the princess Andromeda, today she shares the heavens with these constellations.
		Since Cassiopeia and the Plough revolve around Polaris on opposite sides, when one constellation is riding high in the sky the other is closest to the horizon.
		The brightest star cluster in Cassiopeia is NGC-457 often called the 'Owl cluster' owing to its shape (NGC stands for New General Catalogue, a catalogue of star clusters, galaxies and nebulae).
	www.sciencenet.org.uk /astron/const/ConstList/cassiopeia.html (521 words)

	Rho Cassiopeiae
		It lies in the southwestern part (23:54:23.0+57:29:57.8, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Cassiopeia, the Lady of the Chair -- southwest of Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae), south of Tau Cassiopeiae, north of Sigma Cassiopeiae, northwest of Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae), and east of M52, the Bubble Nebula, and Delta Cephei.
		With its stars shaped in a "W," the northern Constellation Cassiopeia was named by the Ancient Greeks for the mother of Andromeda who claimed to be more beautiful than the daughters of Nereus, a god of the sea.
		Cassiopeia's vanity so angered the sea god Poseidon that he had Andromeda chained to a rock of the coast as a sacrifice for Cetus (the monstrous whale) until Perseus rescued her.
	www.solstation.com /x-objects/rho-cas.htm (1127 words)

	Constellations and Featured Stars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Beta Leonis: (Denebola) translates as “Lions Tail” and it is of interest because it would appear that Denebola has faded by over a magnitude, since 1603, for no apparent reason as it is a pretty standard main sequence star.
		Cassiopeia, the wife of King Cepheus, ruler of Ethiopia, was beautiful, arrogant and vain, and it was these latter two characteristics which were to lead to her downfall.
		Poseidon considered that Cassiopeia should not escape punishment entirely, and placed her in the heavens in such a position that she circles the celestial pole in an upside-down position for half the time.
	www.donastro.freeserve.co.uk /constellations.htm (3191 words)

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		Cassiopeia, the Queen of Joppa (or, variously, Ethiopa) is on the opposite side of Polaris from the Big Dipper, and culminates at midnight in early October.
		Beta Cassiopeiae, CAPH (Magnitude 2.3), is almost as bright as Shedar and stole the name of the whole W of the constellation.
		Cassiopeia is also the location of Tycho’s Star, the great supernova of 1572, the most brilliant nova recorded in the past 500 years and one of the four known supernovae recorded in our galaxy.
	www.delmarvastargazers.org /newsletter/apr03/page1.html (2756 words)

	Seasonal Excerpt from The Deep Sky: An Introduction
		The nine stars in STAR 29 form a nearly perfect, albeit sideways, number 7, leading to the group's nickname of "Lucky 7." The two brightest stars in the pattern are 5th-magnitude 1 and 2 Cassiopeiae, with the latter marking the bend in the 7.
		Eta Cassiopeiae can be seen with the unaided eye as a 4th-magnitude star a third of the way from Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae) to Gamma Cassiopeiae in Cassiopeia's "W" formation.
		The secondary star, Iota Cassiopeiae B, is the closer of the two faint companion stars and may be found only a couple of arc seconds to the primary's west.
	www.philharrington.net /dsexpt.htm (2387 words)

	Cosmic Voyage-The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		M52 is an open star cluster tucked away in the netherworld between Cassiopeia and Cepheus.
		The nearest bright, naked eye star is 2.3 magnitude Caph, Beta Cassiopeiae, about 6 degrees to the east-southeast.
		Relatively bright 4 Cassiopeiae, 5.0 magnitude, is 42' to the north.
	members.aol.com /billferris/m52.html (71 words)

	Cassiopeia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Cassiopeia is circumpolar, and is visible all year round in the Northern Hemisphere
		The srongest radio source, Cassiopeia A, emanates from this constellation.
		Principal stars are: Schedar - The Breast(Alpha Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.2; Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.3; Gamma Cassiopeiae a shell star, variable, with mean magnitude 2.5; Ruchba - The Knee (Delta Cassiopeiae), magnitude 2.7
	www.thomas-hardye.dorset.sch.uk /science_college/CatchAStar/cassiopeia (174 words)

	U of M News Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One of the oldest of the star patterns we recognize, it was recognized by the ancient Greeks.
		Observers who face north while looking up at Cassiopeia will see the star called "Caph," meaning the palm of a hand, on the left end of Cassiopeia’s upside-down "W." "The star’s name comes from a star picture envisioned by the Arabic peoples that is very different from the Greek conception of the constellation," Teske explained.
		Alpha Cassiopeiae is located next to Caph, at the left bottom of the "W." It is also called Schedar, Arabic for "breast." Gamma, located at the middle of the "W," has no Arabic name.
	www.umich.edu /news?Releases/1996/Oct96/chr102596 (534 words)

	Herbig proto disks - surprise! meet junior and the cousins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Giant star Beta Cassiopeiae is to the upper right offscreen, for example, and the shadow tail in the modicum is not pointing away from it, rather, toward it but vectored well to the left of Cassiopeiae, the tail is not a penumbra shadow of Cassiopeiae
		Lkha 198 is in proximity to the field view of large star Beta Cassiopeiae, the location of Lkha 198 is by coincidence in sight of the large star, it is not in the star's solar family
		The Dss Poss1 A plate for Beta Cassiopeiae reveals at least three tidal trios in the star's solar family, the image density is dim the trios are not easily seen even under high enhancement
	www.cosmicastronomy.com /herbig.htm (2106 words)

	How to Tell Time by the Stars
		This is marked by Beta Cassiopeiae (Caph) which is the star at the bright end of the W, the end with the acute angle.
		This is marked by Delta Aurigae, Beta Aurigae (Menkalinan), and Theta Aurigae.
		This is marked by point halfway between Delta and Gamma Ursae Majoris, the two non-pointer stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper.
	www.av8n.com /physics/star-time.htm (799 words)

	Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Cassiopeia
		Cassiopeia belongs to a grouping that includes Cepheus, Andromeda, Perseus, and Cetus.
		The image is a drawing by Peter Schlatter of observations through a 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at 62x on August 31, 1995.
		Located in the far north of the constellation, its overall magnitude is 5.7, with individual stars at 8.5 and fainter.
	www.hawastsoc.org /deepsky/cas (954 words)

	Hawaiian Astronomical Society Printable Object Descriptions - Cassiopeia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		M52 (NGC7654) is a large (13'), condensed, rich open cluster on the western border of Cassiopeia.
		It is 1.2° SSW of Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae).
		M103 (NGC581) is a pretty large (6'), round, rich open cluster 1° NW of Delta Cassiopeiae.
	www.hawastsoc.org /deepsky/cas/print.html (600 words)

	Massive star may explode any day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The giant star, known as Rho Cassiopeiae, was first observed shedding an equivalent mass of material three years ago by the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes - more than astronomers have ever witnessed in a single stellar eruption.
		Cassiopeia is the big W (or M) in the northern sky.
		Rho Cassiopeiae's absolute magnitude of -9.6 is how bright it would be at the distance of 10 parsecs, a bit over 32 light years away.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/847031/posts (3578 words)

	East Valley Astronomy Club - Deep-sky Object of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Small scopes may have some difficulty resolving this cluster, but the view in six-inch and larger scopes is truly impressive.
		The stars are mostly faint, giving the cluster a "stardust" appearance and are distributed somewhat unevenly, with dark lanes cutting through the mass of stars.
		NGC 7789 lies three degrees southwest of Beta Cassiopeiae.
	www.eastvalleyastronomy.org /dsom.html (125 words)

	(meteorobs) Olcott showers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Since this is a particularly dry period for meteor observing I thought you might be interested in one of the showers he mentioned.
		He also mentions the Beta Herculids and the Beta Ophiuchids on June 7 and June 10 respectively.
		Name of Shower = Delta Cepheids Date = June 20 Radiant Point = About 13o from beta Cassiopeiae Characteristic = Swift Other Dates of Observation = Jun 10-28, July 19, Aug. 25, etc. Direction = N. This book was the only reference for constellations that I knew of back in the early thirties.
	www.meteorobs.org /maillist/msg21663.html (225 words)

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		Betelgeuse BET el jooze - not "Beetle Juice" "House of the Twins" Alpha Orionis 5h 55' 10.3 +7° 24' 55 430 0.45 M2Ib Red Supergiant Eastern Shoulder Among Brightest Larger in diameter than the orbit of Venus 5 Very Faint Companions.
		Orbital Binary faint Blue Alpha 2 appears green in contrast to bright Red Alpha 1 5.4 B3V Beta 1 Scorpii Acrab Arabic: "scorpion" aka - Graffias means: "claws" Beta 2 Scorpii 16h 5' 26.1 -19° 48' 19 530 2.59 B1V B2V Blue Main Seq.
		The Big Dipper To find the North Star, imagine a line between the two stars marking the front of the cup - Dubhe and Merak (aka Alpha and Beta) - continue that line up about 5 times its length points right to Polaris This Constellation is known as The Government in Chinese Mythology.
	petkohumenik.szm.sk /HVIEZDY.TXT (264 words)

	eSky: Caph (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A pale yellow star, rather more massive than the Sun, that lies about fifty-five light years away.
		It is the right-most of the five stars that make up Cassiopeia's characteristic 'W' shape.
		Caph is a variable star, showing a pulsating pattern in its luminosity.
	www.glyphweb.com /esky/stars/caph.html (44 words)

	Caph
		This star is also known as Chaph, Kaff, or Al Sanam al Nakah.
		The Arabs sometimes referred to the area of Cassiopeia as Kaff' al Hadib, "The Hand Stained with Henna." The usual name of the star, Caph, derives from this traditional name for the constellation.
		Al Sanam al Nakah is "The Camel's Hump," reflecting another traditional version of Cassiopeia as a camel.
	domeofthesky.com /clicks/caph.html (150 words)

	Cosmic Voyage-The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is one of many open star clusters within the borders of the queen of the night sky, Cassiopeia.
		The impressive Messier cluster, M103 is located just 1.4 degrees to the west, about halfway between NGC 659 and 2.7 magnitude Ruchbah, Beta Cassiopeiae.
		When you've finished with this little gem, slew 36' to the northwest and NGC 663.
	members.aol.com /billferris/n659.html (153 words)

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		Beta Pegasi Epsilon Lipi Groombridge Beta Leporis Epsilon Draconis Gamma Aquarii Gamma Reticuli Zeta Sextantis Gamma Kepler Alpha Andromedae It may be of interest to note that the locations of the Rainbow worlds form a particular pattern when diagrammed on the map of HyperSpace.
		To rescue the Umgah, remove the psychic creature from Beta Orionis 1, the Umgah homeworld.
		Beta Copernicus 1, Gamma Brahe 1, and Gamma Scorpii 1.
	home.flash.net /~dyork/resource.txt (10159 words)

	The long-term behaviour of the photometric variability of Beta Cassiopeiae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The long-term behaviour of the photometric variability of Beta Cassiopeiae
		1003 V measurements of {beta} Cas divided into three observing seasons are discussed.
		All the photometry available on {beta} Cas (spanning 25 years) was also analyzed; the amplitude of the light curve was found to be constant, while a small period variability can be inferred.
	www.cs.wisc.edu /niagara/data/nasa/A+AS_108_55.xml (87 words)

	Clear Skies On Demand - an astronomy blog
		From there I went in a straight line to Beta Cassiopeiae, and extended the line with the same distance Alpha-Beta.
		M 52 has a magnitude of 6.9 and its diameter is 12’ Another bright cluster in Cassiopeia, NGC 7789 has a magnitude 6.7 but it’s diameter is a bit arbitrary when you read different publications and sources about this beautiful cluster.
		This cluster lies 2 degrees to the south-southeast of Delta Cassiopeiae.
	www.backyard-astro.com /blog/index.php/weblog/index/two_stick_men_and_some_other_beautiful_deepsky_objects (870 words)

	Tonights Sky
		First recorded by Maraldi in 1746 and cataloged by Messier in 1760, the 6.0 magnitude M2 is one of the finest and brightest of Class II globular clusters.
		To find it with binoculars, draw a mental line between Alpha and Beta Cassiopeiae and extend it about the same distance along the same trajectory.
		Near the cluster's center and north of a pair of matched magnitude stars is Cepheid variable DI Cassiopeiae - which changes by about a magnitude in a period of a week.
	www.avastronomyclub.org /tonite.htm (1557 words)

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