![]() ![]() Īnother Arab constellation that incorporated the stars of Cassiopeia was the Camel. The arm is made up of the stars α Per, γ Per, δ Per, ε Per, η Per, and ν Per. The hand is made up of the stars α Cas, β Cas, γ Cas, δ Cas, ε Cas, and η Cas. This is variously said to represent a woman's hand dyed red with henna, as well as the bloodied hand of Muhammad's daughter Fatima. Ī figure called the "Tinted Hand" also appeared in the stars of Cassiopeia in some Arab atlases. These included Bathsheba, Solomon's mother Deborah, an Old Testament prophet and Mary Magdalene. In the 1600s, various Biblical figures were depicted in the stars of Cassiopeia. The charioteer's whip was represented by Gamma Cassiopeiae, sometimes called "Tsih", the Chinese word for "whip". Kappa, Eta, and Mu Cassopeiae formed a constellation called the Bridge of the Kings when seen along with Alpha and Beta Cassiopeiae, they formed the great chariot Wang-Liang. The Chinese astronomers saw several figures in what is modern-day Cassiopeia. In Chinese astronomy, the stars forming the constellation Cassiopeia are found among three areas: the Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣, Zǐ Wēi Yuán), the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), and the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ). This depiction is from Augustin Royer's 1679 atlas. In France, she was portrayed as having a marble throne and a palm leaf in her left hand, holding her robe in her right hand. In Persia, she was drawn by al-Sufi as a queen holding a staff with a crescent moon in her right hand, wearing a crown. Ĭassiopeia has been variously portrayed throughout her history as a constellation. She was placed in the sky as a punishment for her boast that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids she was forced to wheel around the North Celestial Pole on her throne, spending half of her time clinging to it so she does not fall off. Cepheus and Cassiopeia were placed next to each other among the stars, along with Andromeda. Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, King of Aethiopia and mother of Princess Andromeda. The constellation is named after Cassiopeia, the queen of Aethiopia. The five main stars that make up the distinctive "W" shape are shown in this table: The shell of matter expelled from the star is moving at 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) per second it has a temperature of 30,000 degrees Kelvin on average. It was also the subject of the first image returned by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in the late 1990s. It was perhaps observed as a faint star in 1680 by John Flamsteed. It is the remnant of a supernova that took place approximately 300 years ago (as observed now from Earth 10,000 light-years away), and has the distinction of being the strongest radio source observable outside our solar system. ![]() Within the 'W' asterism formed by Cassiopeia’s five major stars lies Cassiopeia A (Cas A). The star η Cas is a nearby (19.4 ly) binary star comprising a yellow Sun-like dwarf and an orange dwarf star. Cassiopeia contains two stars visible to the naked eye that rank among the most luminous in the galaxy: ρ Cas and V509 Cas, both of the extremely rare class of yellow hypergiants. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |