Beta Cassiopeiae

CAPH (Beta Cassiopeiae). At mid second magnitude (2.27) and just barely the second brightest star in Cassiopeia, almost but not quite as bright as Shedar (the Alpha star), Caph, the Beta star, stole its name from the whole "W" of the constellation.

3 light-years (ly) away from our Sun, Sol, at the northwestern part (23:13:17.0+57:10:6.1, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Cassiopeia, the Lady of the Chair -- west of Schedar (Alpha Cassiopeiae) and Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae) and south of the Bubble ...

Beta Cassiopeiae is known as Caph from the Arabic meaning ‘stained hand', as the stars of Cassiopeia were thought by them to represent a hand stained with henna. Delta Cassiopeiae is named Ruchbah, from the Arabic for ‘knee', rukbat.

See also: Caph, Cassiopeia, Constellation, Delta, Light