Ome

Its story

Omega Cassiopeiae burns more than seven hundred light-years away in Cassiopeia, that five-pointed W that stands guard over the north celestial pole without rest. It is a hot blue-white B-type star, a young flame caught in the autumn Milky Way, where open clusters and emission nebulae concentrate. Its sharp glow recalls the defiant pride of the mythological queen who gives the asterism its name.