Five stars. A folded crown. The queen beside the Milky Way.
- LOOK FOR
- Caph · Ruchbah
- A SKY STORY
- Greek tradition identifies Cassiopeia as Andromeda’s mother.
Her zigzag of stars shares the northern sky with Perseus and Cepheus. - THE PATTERN
- Five-star W
The illustration follows a classical Western sky tradition. Other cultures have different names, figures and stories.
- START HERE
- Find five bright stars in a W or M shape.
- THEN LOOK
- Watch the pattern turn as the northern sky rotates.
- NEARBY PATTERNS
- Perseus · Cepheus
No featured annual meteor shower is included for this constellation. Other minor or historical associations are outside this page.
- REFERENCE SKY
- Hong Kong15 October 2026 · 20:00 HKT
- Caph · J2000
- RA 00h 09m 11sDec +59° 08′ 59″
- Ruchbah · J2000
- RA 01h 25m 49sDec +60° 14′ 07″
Choose Horizon for a level view with true directions and an adjustable reference time. Art keeps the composed view. The scenery is imagined; neither mode is a live local sky.
A constellation is an area of sky, not one coordinate.
About this sky & sources +
Catalogue stars and traditional line patterns share one celestial projection. Terrain and mythological figures are original artistic interpretations.
Art preserves the composed scene. Horizon uses the selected Hong Kong time and true cardinal directions, with a level mathematical horizon. Its continuous illustrated panorama is an imagined setting, not surveyed Hong Kong terrain.
Catalogue coordinates use J2000 and are precessed to the scene date. Weather, moonlight, terrain obstruction and atmospheric refraction are not modelled. This is a learning view, not an observing forecast.
Artwork: generated with imagegen for KamCosmos. Star catalogue and linework: d3-celestial; BSD notice retained in this page.
