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Casseopeia is one of the 48 constellations listed by the Greek Astronomer Ptolemy. The constellation is formed by five stars which make a W shape. The five stars in Casseopeia are: Alpha~ Shedar has magnitude of of 2.25. It is a orange giant, and has a temperature of 4,530 k. Beta~ Caph is a white giant star with a temperature of 7079 k, and a magnitude of 2.27. Delta~ Ruchbah is an eclipsing binary star with a temperature of 8,400 k and a magnitude of 2.68. Gamma~ Cih is an erruptive variable star with a magnitude of 2.15 and a temperature of 25,000 k. Epsilon~ Segin is a blue-white giant star with a magnitude of 3.34 and a temperature of 15,400 k. In Greek mythology, it says that Casseopeia was married to the Ethiopian King Cepheus. She was arrogant, beautiful, and vain. Her daughter was Andromeda, and Casseopeia believed that they were more beautiful than anyone or anything, including the sea nymphs...the daughters of Nersues the sea god. The nymphs were upset, so they complained to poseidon who sent a monster to Cepheus' land. so Cepheus and Casseopeia gave their daughter to the monster to save the land.

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~Casseopeia can be best seen in the November sky at 9:00 PM. ~The constellation is located around 11,650 light years away from Earth. ~has a distinctive W or M shape formed by 5 bright stars. ~may have been discovered on August 16, 1680.