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Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...
Epsilon Lyrae, known informally as the Double Double, is a complex multiple star system. Lyra also hosts the Ring Nebula, the second-discovered and best-known planetary nebula. History. [edit] Lyra can be seen on the right of this c. 1825 star map from Urania's Mirror. In Greek mythology, Lyra represents the lyreof Orpheus.
The stars that make up Pisces and the middle portion of modern Andromeda formed a constellation representing a fertility goddess, sometimes named as Anunitum or the Lady of the Heavens. [ 8 ] Andromeda is known as "the Chained Lady" or "the Chained Woman" in English.
Aquarius (constellation) Visible at latitudes between + 65 ° and − 90 °. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of October. Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier", and its old astronomical symbol is (♒︎), a representation of ...
All stars but one can be associated with an IAU (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided into 89 irregularly shaped boxes as the constellation Serpens is split into two separate sections, Serpens Caput (the snake's head) to the west and Serpens Cauda (the snake's tail ...
The constellation hosts some of the most luminous stars known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. In 1572, Tycho Brahe's supernova flared brightly in Cassiopeia. [4] Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant and the brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky at frequencies above ...
Aries (constellation) Visible at latitudes between + 90 ° and − 60 °. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of December. Aries is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere between Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east. The name Aries is Latin for ram.
The primary is a white star of magnitude 4.8 and the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 7.8. [8] U Gem is a dwarf nova type cataclysmic variable discovered by J. R. Hind in 1855. [9] Mu Gem (Tejat) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Gemini. It has the traditional name Tejat Posterior, which means back foot ...