Perseus
May 16 - 31
The stars of Perseus lie in the rich star fields of the milky Way. To find them, first locate the bright W-shape of Cassiopeia, the Queen of the North Pole. Beside her lie the Y-shaped constellation of the glittering hero, Perseus, who is high up near the zenith in December in the northern Hemisphere. Perseus was conceived by a shower of gold, and his 'birth', when he starts to rise each year over the northern horizon, can be seen each August, preceeded by our brightest annnual shower of shooting stars, the Perseids, which appear to stream towards us from his rising constellation. He sets in the west in spring and can be seen low on the horizon from the southern hemisphere between November and January.
