THE STORY OF QUEEN CASSIOPEIAE

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Cassiopeia was the vain and boastful wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia, who stands next to her in the sky. They are the only husband-and-wife couple among the constellations. Classical authors spell her name Cassiepeia, from the original Greek Κασσιέπεια, but Cassiopeia is the form used by astronomers.

While combing her long locks one day, Cassiopeia dared to claim that she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs called the #Nereids(looks like mermaids but more beautiful) Such hubris by a mortal could not go unpunished so the Nereids went in search of retribution. There were 50 Nereids, all daughters of Nereus, the so-called Old Man of the Sea, and one of them, #Amphitrite, was married to #Poseidon, the sea god. Amphitrite and her sisters appealed to Poseidon to punish Cassiopeia for her vanity.

Bowing to their request, the sea god sent a monster to ravage the coast of King #Cepheus’s country. This monster is commemorated in the constellation #Cetus. To appease the monster, Cepheus and Cassiopeia chained their daughter #Andromeda to a rock as a sacrifice, but Andromeda was saved from the monster’s jaws by the hero #Perseus after slaughter of #Morgen_Medusa in one of the most famous rescue stories in history.

In the sky, Cassiopeia is depicted sitting on her throne. Each night she circles the celestial pole, sometimes upright, sometimes hanging upside down in apparent danger of falling out. The mythologists interpreted the indignity of this celestial fairground ride as part of her punishment from the gods, who made her a figure of fun. #Aratus wrote that she plunged headlong into the sea like a diver (some translate it as ‘tumbler’), her feet waving in the air, because as seen from Greek latitudes she would have received a ducking at the lowest point on each circuit. Her long-suffering husband Cepheus alongside her endured the same fate.
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You can see Cassiopeia with naked eyes.It is opposite to #Ursa_Major and near #Northern_Star .In Cassiopeia you could observe #M103(25 stars/star clusters) and M52(stars clusters consists of approx.80 stars) as well as #Open_star_clusters.
Pink colour dotted in the given picture is #Cassiopeia and #Cepheus looks like a hut color in blue.
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