Cassiopeia in 3D
The image painted on the base grid is the relevant 9,159 ly x 9,159 ly section of the NASA/JPL-Caltech Milky Way map. The small circle in the image is the smallest circle centered around the Sun in the NASA/JPL-Caltech Milky Way map, a circle with a radius of 750 light years. The larger arc in the image is a portion of a circle in the NASA/JPL-Caltech Milky Way map with radius 5,000 light years from the Sun. The base grid parallels the galactic plane, and lies 615 light years below the actual galactic plane. κ Cassiopeiae and ρ Cassiopeiae are far more distant than the other bright stars of Cassiopeia; see below for a better view of the stars of Cassiopeia without κ Cassiopeiae and ρ Cassiopeiae.
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Cassiopeia Viewed From Earth
Cassiopeia Without κ Cassiopeiae and ρ Cassiopeiae in 3D
The base grid parallels the galactic plane, and lies 174 light years below the actual galactic plane.
Bright Stars in the Constellations
Bright Stars and Near Stars
