NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Delta Cassiopeiae

Ksora, also "Ruchbah" ("knee") is the name for the star delta Cassiopeiae. Ksora is a coverage-variable of the type ALGOL with one period of 759 days. The apparent brightness of Ksora varies between +2,68 mag and +2.74 mag. Ksora belongs to the spectral class A3. The distance of Ksora amounts to approx.. 99 light-years (Hipparcos data base). Coordinates (equinox 2000) Rektaszension 1h25m49s declination +60°14'7 "

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Star Tales – Cassiopeia (312 words)
	Cassiopeia was the vain and boastful wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia, who lies next to her in the sky.
	The Nereids appealed to Poseidon to punish Cassiopeia for her vanity, and the sea god sent a monster to ravage the coast of King Cepheus’s country.
	To appease the monster, Cepheus and Cassiopeia chained their daughter Andromeda to a rock as a sacrifice, but Andromeda was saved from the monster’s jaws by the hero Perseus in one of the most famous rescue stories in history.

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