急求:Cassiopeia英文介绍
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There are a handful of constellations that beginning stargazers of all ages can learn to locate right away. These constellations are easy to spot because they contain a distinctive asterism--a recognizable star grouping. One of these constellations is Cassiopeia the Queen, with its defining asterism, the “Lazy W,” visible even in the city.
In legend, the beautiful but beleaguered Cassiopeia (pronounced kass ee oh PEE yuh) was the queen of ancient Ethiopia. She was the wife of King Cepheus (pronounced SEE fee yuss) and the mother of Andromeda. The queen’s vanity was her undoing. She rashly boasted that she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs. The miffed ocean-dwelling goddesses, fifty in number, appealed to their protector, the sea god Poseidon. He retaliated by sending the sea monster Cetus to ravage Ethiopia’s coast. Consulting an oracle for guidance, King Cepheus learned that he had to sacrifice daughter Andromeda to the monster in order to appease the angry god. That is h