Perseus Constellation in Pictures

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Google translator 2018, original text: Созвездие Персей в рисунках

 

The Perseus Constellation (Perseus) - the head of the constellation group of the same name does not shine bright stars, and the corner area is the fifteenth constellation of the Northern sky, and among all the celestial constellations (nebosphere) Perseus occupies 24th place (615 square degrees), slightly ahead of the constellation Cassiopaea.
The Milky Way passes through the Perseus constellation, and many of its stars are illuminated by a mysterious foggy light.

Fig. 1. Perseus Constellation. Historically established names of the brightest and most conspicuous stars.

 

Fig. 1.1 Constellation Perseus. Stars of the constellation Perseus

 

Fig. 2. The constellation of Perseus. The diagram of the stars (contour image) of the mythological hero with a sword, a Gorgon head, a bag and flying sandals

 

Fig. 3. The scheme of the Perseus constellation from a set of the brightest stars. Perseus in a winged raincoat with a piercing-cutting weapon in both hands rushed to the attack on Cetus - a diagram of the stars (contour image)

 

Fig. 4.0 Perseus Constellation. Bayer star designations

 

Fig. 4. Variants of the Perseus constellation schemes, graphic images from the lines connecting the stars that fit into the mythological plot:
Fig. 4. 1. The kneeling Perseus

 

Fig. 4. 2. Perseus on a flying board - flyboard

 

Fig. 4. 3. Perseus, simplified scheme

 

Fig. 4. 4. Perseus, the main version

 

 

Fig. 5. Schematic drawings created for the culminating position of the Perseus constellation

Fig. 5.1.Perseus, H. Ray scheme

 

Fig. 5.2. Perseus, Meshle scheme

 

Fig. 5.3. Sailor in Persey

Fig. 5.4. Perseus constellation diagram from Sergey Ov

 

Perseus Asterisms

 

Fig. 9. The Gorgon head and the Perseus Segment are classic Perseus asterisms

 

Fig. 9. Gorgon Head and Perseus Segment with Bayer Designations

 

How to find the constellation Perseus

Fig. 10. How to find the Perseus constellation using the stars of Cassiopeia

 

Fig. 11. How to find the constellation Perseus, its brightest stars, using the stars of the neighboring constellations

Fig. 12. Estimation of the angular size of the Perseus constellation using an outstretched arm

 

Galactic Perseus Arm

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, belongs to the type of spiral galaxy with a jumper. The computer model of our galaxy, developed by NASA, is presented in Figure 13:

Fig. 13. Milky Way Galaxy, image obtained as a result of computer modeling

 

The history and mythology of the Perseus constellation

Fig. 14. The Perseus Constellation in Al-Sufi’s Book of Fixed Stars (Al Sufi. Book of the constellations, or fixed stars.) - Bodleian copy: Suwar al-Kawakib al-Thabitah (Book of fixed Stars) - a copy written by the son of as- Sufi in 1009 in Iran)

 

Fig. 15. The Perseus Constellation - a collage based on a picture in the atlas of Jan Hevelius (only those stars that were listed by Hevelius himself in the atlas are highlighted)

 

Based on the page: Perseus Constellation

Sergey Ov (Seosnews9)

 

1. Asterism - a group of stars, forming a characteristic pattern and having an independent name. Asterism can be as part of a constellation, for example, Tron, and combine several constellations, for example, the Winter Triangle.

2. К группе Персея относятся созвездия:
The Perseus group includes the constellations:
Cetus, Pegasus, Andromeda, Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Laceta, Triangle.

Fig. 15. Perseus constellations family

The constellations Kit (Cetus), Pegasus, Andromeda, Perseus, Andromeda, Cepheus are united by a common mythical plot, and so to speak, the Charmer, the Lizard and the Triangle got into the group thanks to the common borders (or because they have nowhere to attach them...).

Myth about Perseus and Andromeda (summary)
When Perseus, after his victory over the Medusa Gorgon, was returning home on his winged horse Pegasus, he flew near the sea shore and noticed a girl chained to a rock and a crowd of people in the distance. He landed next to a girl who immediately liked him, and her name was Andromeda.
After asking the girl, Perseus found out that she, the princess of this country, was sacrificed to the monster Tsetusa at the behest of the gods, in order to stop the disasters perpetrated by this monster. King Cepheus and Queen Andromeda were nearby. Perseus told Andromeda's parents that he was ready to fight the monster, but if he won, he would ask for their daughter’s hand. Parents agreed. At this moment, from under the water in the distance, the terrible Cetus appeared (which was sealed on the celestial canvas).
In a hard battle, thanks to the sword donated by the gods, Perseus defeated the monster, married Andromeda and their children became the ancestors of the Persian people ... Google translator 2018

3. Navigation stars are the stars used in navigation and aviation to determine the position of ships and airplanes in the event of a technical failure. Currently, the stars listed in the “Marine Astronomical Yearbook” are classified as navigational.

4. The photosphere is the deepest and densest layers of the star's atmosphere (including the Sun), from which the main share of the energy emitted by it comes out.

5. Right ascension and declination - the name of the coordinates in the second equatorial frame of reference

6. The proper motions of stars — the apparent angular displacements of stars in the celestial sphere for the year.

Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3 ed. 1969 - 1978

7. Segment of Perseus - asterism in the constellation Perseus. Asterism is described in Richard Hinckley Allen’s book: Allen, Richard Hinckley. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (Reprint ed. 1899). New York: Dover Publications Inc. p. 331. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
The paragraph devoted to the Perseus Segment is presented in the book on page 331, and here is its scan (photo):
Perseus Segment I translated this paragraph as follows:
δ Per, ψ Per, σ Per, α Per, γ Per and η Per and several more stars on the right side of the figure form an arc , with a slight deflection to the northeast, called Perseus Segment.  
In 2016, the book by Richard Allena was published in Russia, but I didn’t really like the translation of this particular paragraph:
Richard Hinkley Allen. Stars. Legends and scientific facts about the origin of astronomical names / Trans. from English: E. V. Lamanova - Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2016. - 575 p. - (Series: Encyclopedias) - ISBN: 978-5-9524-5195-7

 

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