Wednesday, December 7, 2005

cassiopeia


This beautiful constellation at the edge of the Milky Way has definetely the shape of a "W". It is assiociated with the Perseus constellation family.
Sweeping this region with binoculars (or even an opera glas) is rewarding (especially the region around delta Cas).
It is located between DECL=+50 and DECL=+60, RA=23h and RA=3h. Once you found Cassiopeia or the Big Dipper, which is located opposite of the celestial pole, you can easily
locate other constellations of the northern hemisphere.
In arabian countries this constellation is called Caph, which is also the name of beta Cas.

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fallen rain. (: