She still looks down on us from the night's sky where she appears as Llys Don, better known as the constellation of Casseopeia. She was a Mother-Goddess, the wife of the Sun God, Belenos, and considered to be the ancestor of all the Gods, the Tuatha dé Danann, who found themselves obliged to reside in the Otherworld when Miled brought the Celts to the British Isles. Anu was known, in the Celtic World, by several similar names: Danu or Don being the most popular alternatives. On the Cork Kerry border are two mountains called the Paps of Anu (pap is another word for breast.) On the top of each mountain are stone structures or cairns that when viewed from a distance make the two mountains look like a pair of breasts. Other references say that she is the mother earth goddess or the Goddess of fertility. In the ancient Celtic world Anu was the mother goddess and considered to be the mother of all the gods the Tuatha de Danann. This depiction is from Augustin Royer's 1679 atlas. In France, she was portrayed as having a marble throne and a palm leaf in her left hand, holding her robe in her right hand. In Persia, she was drawn by al-Sufi as a queen holding a staff with a crescent moon in her right hand, wearing a crown, as well as a two-humped camel. IC 10 is an irregular galaxy that is the closest known starburst galaxy and the only one in the Local Group of galaxies.Ĭassiopeia has been variously portrayed throughout her history as a constellation. A rich section of the Milky Way runs through Cassiopeia, containing a number of open clusters, young luminous galactic disc stars, and nebulae. Fourteen star systems have been found to have exoplanets, one of which-HR 8832-is thought to host seven planets. Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant and the brightest extrasolar radio source in the sky at frequencies above 1 GHz. In 1572, Tycho Brahe's supernova flared brightly in Cassiopeia. The semiregular variable PZ Cassiopeiae is one of the largest known stars. The constellation hosts some of the most luminous stars known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. Even in low southern latitudes below 25ºS it can be seen low in the North.Īt magnitude 2.2, Alpha Cassiopeiae, or Schedar, is generally the brightest star in Cassiopeia, though is often shaded by Gamma Cassiopeiae, which has brightened to magnitude 1.6 on occasion. In northern locations above latitude 34ºN it is visible year-round and in the (sub)tropics it can be seen at its clearest from September to early November. It is easily recognizable due to its distinctive 'W' shape, formed by five bright stars. 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. Visible at latitudes between + 90° and −20°.īest visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November.Ĭassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty.
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