The constellation's brightest star, known both as Mirfakand Algenib — though the latter more commonly refers toGamma (y) Pegasi — is enmeshed in the starriest realmsof Perseus, and it's here that we'll begin our celestial tour.Sky & Telescope...
2.Perseus- a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way Algol- the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex ...
Perseus,constellationin the northern sky at about 4 hoursright ascensionand 40° north indeclination. With amagnitudeof 1.8, its brighteststaris Mirfak (from the Arabic for “the elbow”), which is also known as Algenib (from the Arabic for “the side”). This constellation contains the not...
Locate the Big Dipper, which is one of the most recognizable star formations in the northern sky. Not a constellation in its own right, the Big Dipper is part of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Step 2 Trace a line between the two stars that form the front of the dipper's pot and extend...
This is an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus. The nebulas glow is caused by hot gas plasma that is excited by embedded energetic young stars including the central star, BD+50 886 (mag 11.2), which is responsible for the brightest area with it's own blister ...
The Perseus cluster, located 240 million light-years away in its namesake constellation, is the brightest galaxy cluster in X-rays and among the most massive near Earth. It contains thousands of galaxies orbiting within a thin hot gas, all bound together by gravity. The gas averages 90 millio...
2.Perseus- a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way Algol- the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex ...