Celestial Atlas Pegasus <—Perseus: Perseus, The Champion—> Phoenix
(possessive form Persei, abbreviation Per) Hold the cursor over any Greek letter shown in the text to see its English transliteration
Constellations Bordering Perseus
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Perseus is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy.
Map of Perseus
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger
Stars in Perseus
Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.
M34 (= NGC 1039) (RA 02 42 07, Dec +42 44 46), an open star cluster.
NGC 1275 (RA 03 19 48, Dec +41 30 42), a 12th-magnitude pair of galaxies in the Perseus cluster.
NGC 1333 (RA 03 29 20, Dec +31 24 57), a diffuse nebular region lit by hot young stars.
