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Keep in mind that many star patterns do not look like their names. At the same time, Northern Hemisphere viewers are experiencing summer, so those southern winter stars are actually summer stars for northern viewers. Northern Hemisphere seasons are the opposite for Southern Hemisphere viewers so a chart marked "Southern Hemisphere winter" represents what people south of the equator see in winter. The easiest way to learn the constellations is to see seasonal star charts for both the north and south latitudes. In general, most people can see about 40-50 constellations over the course of a year. The Northern and Southern Hemisphere skies are very different from each other, and there are some patterns in each that cannot be viewed between hemispheres. Each season has distinctive star patterns because the stars that are visible in the sky change as Earth orbits the Sun. There are 88 officially recognized constellations, which are visible at different times throughout the year.

Sort of like a game of cosmic connect-the-dots, stargazers draw lines between bright stars to form familiar shapes. Some stars are much brighter than others but the brightest stars in a constellation are visible to the unaided eye so it's possible to see constellations without the use of a telescope. (*) HR stands for Harvard Revised Bright Star Catalogue, which is also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars.ĭeep Sky Objects in Cassiopeia Constellationĭeep sky objects in the Cassiopeia constellation.Constellations are patterns of stars in the sky that humans have used since antiquity to navigate and to learn about space. List of 160 bright stars in the constellation of Cassiopeia List of 160 stars brighter than magnitude 6.5 (approximate)Ĭlick on each star to see more details about it. (like Cassiopeia actually is) these times can have little relevance.īrightest stars in the Cassiopeia constellation. The rise and set times provided here are just directional indications and they refer to a pointĪpproximately placed at the center of the constellation. Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom Ĭassiopeia is circumpolar and transits at 00:52 UTC (altitude: 80.0°) Α Cassiopeiae (the brightest star of Cassiopeia based on the Bayer catalog) orĢ3 Cassiopeiae (the 23th star in the constellation of Cassiopeia based on the Flamsteed catalog).

The Latin genitive of the constellation name is "Cassiopeiae" (pronounced ˌkæsioʊˈpiːiː)Īnd it is used to identify some of the brightest stars in this constellation based on the Bayer or Flamsteed star naming convention. The International Astronomical Union - IAU) or as "Cass" (according to a naming convention used by NASA). Texts and literature this constellation is often abbreviated as "Cas" (according to the standard of In English language this constellation is also known as "The Seated queen" while in astronomical As such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. (in fact it extends itself for about 40 degrees across the sky) situated close to the northern celestial pole.

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