Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Cassiopeia constellation mythology and history



Almudena Conde, a student of 1 high school "C" has sought to fill the contents of the theme of the universe of the subject of Sciences for the contemporary world with the mythological history and description of constellation Cassiopeia.


D and according to Greek legend the sea god Poseidon placed the figure of Cassiopeia among the stars. it is said that Cassiopeia has a ridiculous position and backwards to punish her for being so pretentious. Cassiopeia was very proud of her beauty. She said she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than the sea nymphs, the Nereids.

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as nymphs complained to the sea god Poseidon, who threatened to send a sea monster and a flood to destroy Earth Cassiopeia. Desperate King Cepheus consulted an oracle to prevent the destruction of his kingdom. The oracle told him that only by sacrificing his daughter Andromeda to the monster could appease the wrath of Poseidon.

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l king Andromeda chained to a cliff in the Tues Fortunately, at that moment Perseus, the nephew of King Argos, was traveling along the coast. Perseus noticed the beautiful woman and fell in love with her. Knowing the history of Andromeda he offered to rescue her if her parents agreed to marry her. With the help of magical sandals that allowed him to fly, and a magic sword given to him Hermes, Perseus killed the sea monster and married her.

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sta constellation North distinctive characteristic is his way of "m" or "w". to be as easy to recognize is widely used to find north when Great Bear is not visible.

Gamma Cassiopeiae , located in the center of the "w" is the archetype of a class of eruptive variables which namesake Cassiopeiae gamma variables . Cassiopeia contains two stars visible to glance and are among the brightest in the galaxy : ρ Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae .

The Sun, seen from the nearby Alpha Centauri , appear in the constellation Cassiopeia as a star of magnitude 0.5. the well known "w" Cassiopeiae appear to zigzag, with the sun at the far left next to ε Cassiopeiae .
sn 1572, one of the most important events in the history of astronomy was a supernova appeared in this constellation and observed by Tycho Brahe in 1572 .




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