* Astronomy

Maxima of long period variable V Cassiopeiae on the 31st August 2016.

V Cassiopeiae (also HD 218997, BD+58 2560, and IRAS 23095+5925) is a type M5e-M8.5e Mira variable star located 1051 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It shines at an apparent visual magnitude of between +6.9 to +13.4, with a variability period of 228.83 days.

The variability was discovered by Scottish clergyman and amateur astronomer Dr. Thomas David Anderson using 'a large binocular' at 21 East Claremont Street in Edinburgh, on 8 December 1893.

Maxima of long period variable V Cassiopeiae on the 27th February, 2014

Maxima of long period variable V Cassiopeiae on the 26th November, 2012

Magnitude range: 6.9-13.4
Period: 228.8 days    
Type: Mira

Position (2000):  RA 23 11 40.7183 | Dec +59° 41' 58.982"