Cassiopeia

Cas star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Kugel Globe (1st c.BCE): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.

Almagest Κασσιέπεια

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Κασσιεπείας ἀστερισμός.	Constellation of Cassiopeia
1	ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς	The star on the head	zet Cas
2	ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει	The star in the breast	alf Cas
3	ὁ βορειότερος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ξώνης	The one north of that, on the belt	eta Cas
4	ὁ ὑπὲρ τὴν καθέδραη κατὰ τῶν μηρῶν	The star over the throne, just over the thighs	gam Cas
5	ὁ ἐν τοῖς γόνασια.	The star in the knees	del Cas
6	ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κυήμης.	The star on the lower leg	eps Cas
	ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός	The star on the end of the leg	iot Cas
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος	The star on the left upper arm	tet Cas
	ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος	The star below the left elbow	phi Cas
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως	The star on the right fore-arm	sig Cas
	ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου	The star above the foot of the throne	kap Cas
	ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου	The star on the middlil of the· back of the throne	bet Cas
	ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου	The star on the top of the throne-back	rho Cas
	ἀστέρες τῇ, ὥυ γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε’ ἂ, ϛ’ β	13 stars, 4 of the third magnitude, 6 of the fourth, 1 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth}

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)