Cassiopeia - Downloadable article Several nearby galaxies join
the Milky Way marvels that adorn this queen's realm. March 3,
2009 |This downloadable article is from an Astronomy magazine
45-article series called "Celestial Portraits." The collection
highlights all 88 constellations in the sky and explains how to
observe each constellation's deep-sky targets. The articles
feature star charts, stunning pictures, and constellation
mythology. We've put together 11 digital packages. Each one
contains four Celestial Portraits articles for you to purchase
and download.| "Cassiopeia" is one of four articles included in
Celestial Portraits Package 5. As the cold winds of January
blow, few vistas seem so incongruous as the northwestern sky.
There, slowly sinking from view in the early evening, hangs the
summer constellation Cygnus and its luminary Deneb. If you raise
your sight from Cygnus two-thirds of the way to the zenith,
you'll come to Cassiopeia the Queen, the standout constellation
of the autumn and early winter