Perseus, perseos or Perseas is a legendary founder of Mycenae and the Perseid dynasty and the first hero in Greek mythology. He helped establish the hegemony of Zeus and the Twelve Olympians in the mainland of Greece. And it was he who killed Medusa Gorgona.


But for the sky lovers Perseus doesn’t mean only that, for them on the first hand Perseus is a northern a sort of “A” shaped constellation just left from Pegasus and Andromeda. It is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations and was also adopted by the International Astronomical Union as one of the 88 modern constellations.

You can see it in the northeastern sky in the early evening. The number of stars in the constellation is 5, the brightest star (Mirfak) is also called Algenib. Apperent brightness of Mirfak (Arabic for elbow) is 1.79 m lying at a distance of ca. 590 light-years. Its luminosity is 5,000 times and its diameter is 62 times that of our Sun.

Algol may is not the brightest, but the most famous star of constellation. It got its name, when the ancient astronomers noticed its periodic dimming and brightening – like winking of an eye. For that reason it was associated with an eye of the Gorgon Medusa.

Binoculars will reveal you the other site of the wonderful and mythic hero Perseus – Persues double star cluster. Looking from a dark place they will show you the brightest starts of the cluster. You will be able to see the two fuzzy blobs without any serious help, but use the binoculars.

More coming later! Enjoy the sky!

If you enjoy the sky, the comets and the stars as I do…. If you smile at the moon, notice its different phases…and it looks like it smiles you back… If you look at the sky every now and then and wait for a miracle to happen… Then I can surely call you my friend and collegue…. You have the similar soul and perception of the world I have…. And that’s wonderful!!!
I’d love to meet with you…. And you’ll never guess where we’ll do that…. I’ll be waiting for you Wednesday, the 8th of November.. together we’ll follow the way of Mercury passing between earth and the sun… This is an amazing view… This will be the second of only 14 transits that Mercury will perform this century! It’ll take Mercury about 5 hours to cross the sun. Please take all the equipment you have with you: this might be telescopes, binoculars and anything else you want to bring along…
I understand that some of you may want to join us, even though they’ve never done that in their lives before. Some of you have bought binoculars for beginners, looked at the sky a few times, not really knowing what to be looking at, then looked into your neighbors’ windows a little while and put it back into the box….
But you know… I can tell you that I want you to join us and be with us at that day… because love for planets, sky, stars and moon – it’s not “professionalism” or having the most expensive , it’s in your soul, it’s in your eyes and in your HEART… So, if you wish to join us please do that, the only 2 things you’ll need to bring with you: your binocular and bright smile!!!
See you there!!!