✨ Cassiopeia

Cas · Cassiopeia (mythological character) · Northern sky

Cassiopeia is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning Cassiopeia (mythological character); stars within it are named in the genitive form Cassiopeiae.

Facts about Cassiopeia

Constellation	Cassiopeia
IAU abbreviation	Cas
Genitive (Latin)	Cassiopeiae
Meaning	Cassiopeia (mythological character)
Brightest star	Schedar (apparent magnitude 2.24)
Area	598 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	2

Deep-sky objects in Cassiopeia

M52 — Scorpion Cluster (Open cluster, mag 7.3)
M103 (Open cluster, mag 7.4)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.