Cassiopeia Traditional Cache
Mongo: This cache is being archived because no response from the cache owner has been received since the last reviewer note.
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This cache has been placed to compliment our 'Geocaching in Space' Event. You will have to cross the dam and venture into the woods a short way to reach GZ. The container stays in place as one opens the lid. Please be sure to close the container properly.
Permission was granted by the area manager, Thanks Mike!!!
Congratulations to SIR Z MAN and MOQ's for FTF!!!
Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty. She was the queen of Aethiopia, the wife of Cepheus, and the mother of Princess Andromeda. Cepheus and Cassiopeia were placed next to each other among the stars, along with Andromeda. She was placed in the sky as a punishment for her boast that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids. She was forced to wheel around the North Celestial Pole on her throne, spending half of her time clinging to it so she does not fall off.
Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is easily recognizable due to its distinctive 'W' shape, formed by five bright stars. It is bordered by Andromeda to the south, Perseus to the southeast, and Cepheus to the north. It is opposite the Big Dipper, and from northern latitudes can be seen at its clearest in early November.
Two Messier objects, M52 and M103, are located in Cassiopeia, both are open clusters. M52, once described as a "kidney-shaped" cluster, contains approximately 100 stars and is 5200 light-years from Earth. M103 is far poorer than M52, with only about 25 stars included. It is also more distant, at 8200 light-years from Earth.
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