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The constellation Cassiopeia as it can be seen by the naked eye from a northern location. The German cartographer Johann Bayer used the Greek letters Alpha through Omega, and then A and B, to label the most prominent 26 stars in the constellation. Upsilon was later found to be two stars and labelled Upsilon 1 and Upsilon 2 by John Flamsteed.
The name Andromeda is from the Greek Ἀνδρομέδα, Androméda, perhaps meaning 'mindful of her husband'.The name is from the noun ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, anḗr, andrós meaning 'man', and a verb, whether μέδεσθαι, medesthai, 'to be mindful of', μέδω, médō, 'to protect, rule over', or μήδομαι, mḗdomai, 'to deliberate, contrive, decide', all related to ...
Cassiopeia (constellation), a northern constellation representing the queen of Ethiopia Cassiopeia A , a supernova remnant in that constellation Cassiopea , the genus of the "upside-down" jellyfish
Female members of the Solomonid Dynasty of Ethiopia by birth and marriage, who bore or bear the title of Leult (Princess) and Emebethoy (Emebet Hoy) Pages in category "Ethiopian princesses" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen of Ethiopia [2] (née Ariana Joy Lalita Austin) is an American writer, arts manager and philanthropist.She is the founder of the evening arts festival Art All Night and of the creative agency French Thomas.
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has revealed the sharpest images yet of a portion of a horse-shaped nebula, showing the “mane” in finer detail. The Horsehead Nebula, in the constellation Orion ...
Cassiopeia (/ ˌ k æ s i. oʊ ˈ p iː. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια Kassiópeia, Modern Greek: Κασσιόπη Kassiópē) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια Kassiépeia), a figure in Greek mythology, was Queen of Aethiopia and wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia. She was arrogant and vain, characteristics that led to her ...
Cepheus is prominently featured in the Perseus legend as the husband of Cassiopeia, father of Princess Andromeda, and brother of Phineus, who expects to marry Andromeda. Various sources describe his kingdom to be " Aethiopia " or later, the city of Joppa ( Jaffa ) in Phoenicia , which was named after the elder Cepheus's wife, Iope, daughter of ...