An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A prominent circumpolar → constellation in the northern sky. Its brightest stars form a distinctive, turning W shape. Abbreviation Cas, genitive form Cassiopeiae.

Etymology (EN): L. Cassiopea, from Gk. Kassiepeia, Andromeda’s mother and king Cepheus of Ethiopia’s wife, who boasted about her beauty to the degree that she considered herself more beautiful than the sea-nymphs. The consequences were awful for her daughter → Andromeda.