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 and Near Stars
Bright Stars in the Constellations
The Constellations and the Galactic, Supergalactic Planes
