Cassiopeia
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Astronomy. a northern constellation between Cepheus and Perseus.
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Classical Mythology. the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
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The Cas A supernova remnant is located 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
From the ground, Apophis will resemble a star traversing the night sky, as bright as the constellation Cassiopeia and slower than a satellite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
It's a special type of neutron star, called a magnetar, located approximately 13,000 lightyears from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
SEI is working on a project called Cassiopeia, which plans to place a constellation of very large satellites in a high Earth orbit.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2022
At the moment, Cassiopeia and her brothers were merrily swashbuckling ’round the nursery, slashing at imaginary foes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The bright central star at the peak of the W is called Gamma Cassiopeiae.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 40 novae have been found since 1900, but they were all much fainter and farther away than Gamma Cassiopeiae.
From Time Magazine Archive
And imaginative persons have suggested that the outpouring of injurious ultraviolet radiation may be so strong that human beings would have to carry umbrellas coated with lead before venturing under the glare of "Nova Cassiopeiae."
From Time Magazine Archive
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