1) Constellation 2) Constellation 3) East Japan Railway Company 4) Greek girl name 5) Mother of Andromeda 6) Mythological Greek character 7) Queen in Greek mythology 8) Woman in Greek mythology
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[Battlestar Galactica] Cassiopeia is a fictional character in the original Battlestar Galactica which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1979. The role was portrayed by Laurette Spang. ==History== When we are first introduced to Cassiopeia she is a refugee on the freighter Gemini, who escaped the destruction of the Twelve Colonies at the hands of the ...
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[Chinese astronomy] The modern constellation Cassiopeia lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography....
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[constellation] Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty. Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is easily recogniza...
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[mythology] Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπεια), also Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια), is the name of several figures in Greek mythology. == Wife of Cepheus == The Queen Cassiopeia, wife of king Cepheus of Æthiopia, was beautiful but also arrogant and vain; these latter two characteristics led to her downfall. In some sources she was the d...
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[train] The カシオペア is a luxury overnight limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs between Ueno Station in Tokyo and the city of Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido. The one-way journey lasts approximately 16½ hours. Northbound trains to Sapporo depart from Ueno after 1...
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• (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.
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in astronomy, a constellation of the northern sky, easily recognized by a group of five bright stars forming a slightly irregular W. It lies at one ...
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wife of King Cepheus, mother of Andromeda, and boaster of her own beauty, for which Poseidon punished her kingdom.
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(abbr. Cas, gen. Cassiopeiae) The Queen, mother of Andromeda; a large northern constellation with a distinctive 'W' shape and with the Milky Way as a backdrop. A binocular sweep of the region is rewarding (especially around Delta Cas) and small instruments reveal an interesting ...
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English name: Cassiopeia (Queen). Genitive name: Cassiopeiae. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
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In Greek mythology, the mother of the Ethiopian princess
Andromeda. ...
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Cas`si·o·pe'ia noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....]
(Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia.
Cassiopeia's Chair ,
a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat...
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Cassiopeia is a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated next to Cepheus, and often called the Lady in her Chair. It contains fifty-five stars, five of which, arranged in the form of a 'W', are of the third magnitude.
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[n] - a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris
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noun a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris
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(astronomy) Prominent constellation of the northern hemisphere, named after the mother of Andromeda (who was the wife of Perseus). It has a distinctive W-shape, and contains one of the most powerful radio sources in the sky, Cassiopeia A. This is the remains of a supernova (star explosion)...
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