At this time of the year, as Cassiopeia ascends the late evening sky, around 11 p.m. local daylight time, I actually think she resembles a sort of crooked number 3.

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Cassiopeia looks like a chair or stretched W or M depending on its orientation in the sky. Tonight it will look like a stretched M. Once found, the constellation is easy to recognize in the future.

The night sky is filled with constellations that help us navigate the stars, but not all constellations are created equal.

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Perennially, there are the constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus, who, according to Greek and Roman mythology, were the king and queen of ancient Ethiopia.

Diagram of the constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus (SUMBMITTED BY MIKE LYNCH) As soon as twilight fades, look for those lovers together in the high northwestern sky.

Constellation origin: Cassiopeia, the queen of Ethiopia, was very vain and bragged she was more beautiful than the Nereids, 50 sea nymphs fathered by the Titan Nereus.

Cassiopeia: The Vain Queen Constellation origin: Cassiopeia, the queen of Ethiopia, was very vain and bragged she was more beautiful than the Nereids, 50 sea nymphs fathered by the Titan Nereus.

The other two are Andromeda the Princess, seen in the autumn and winter, and Cassiopeia the Queen, seen all year round in the northern sky. Cassiopeia is a really bright constellation that looks ...