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From today's featured article Perseus Perseus is a constellation in the northern sky named after the Greek mythological hero Perseus. It was one of 48 listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and is among the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. It is located in the northern celestial hemisphere near several other constellations named after legends surrounding Perseus, including Andromeda and Cassiopeia. The galactic plane of the Milky Way passes through Perseus but is mostly obscured by molecular clouds. The constellation's brightest star is the yellow-white supergiant Alpha Persei, which shines at magnitude 1.79. It and many surrounding stars are members of the Alpha Persei Cluster. The best-known star is Algol, an eclipsing binary linked with ominous legends because of its variability, which is noticeable to the naked eye. Other notable features in Perseus include X Persei (a binary system containing a neutron star), GK Persei (a nova that peaked at magnitude 0.2 in 1901), the Double Cluster (comprised of two open clusters near each other in the sky), and the Perseus Cluster (a massive galaxy cluster). Perseus also hosts the radiant of the annual Perseids meteor shower. (Full article...) Recently featured: Operation Kita – Boulonnais horse – Gertie the Dinosaur Archive – By email – More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content: The 2013 version of the TenderGrill sandwich in North America ... that the Burger King grilled chicken sandwich (pictured) has been reformulated several times since its introduction in 1990? ... that ballet dancer Sally Gilmour was "acclaimed in the 1940s as second only to Margot Fonteyn among British ballerinas"? ... that the War Revenue Act of 1898, introduced in the U.S. to raise funds for American military actions against Spain, established a one-cent-per-call tax on telephone use? ... that Reginald Mount and partner designed a renowned anti-venereal disease campaign in 1943–44? ... that the 13th-century Floriańska Street in Kraków is one of the most prestigious streets in Poland? ... that Illinois Secretary of State Ozias M. Hatch once accompanied Abraham Lincoln for an inspection of the Army of the Potomac? ... that tiger penis soup can command US$300 a bowl, and its key ingredient has been counterfeited? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article In the news Opening of XXII Winter Olympic Games The earliest human footprints outside Africa are discovered in the United Kingdom. The Winter Olympics open (pictured) in Sochi, Russia. In American football, the Seattle Seahawks defeat the Denver Broncos to win Super Bowl XLVIII. Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman dies at the age of 46. India's first monorail since independence, the Mumbai Monorail, is inaugurated. Two previously unknown poems written by seventh-century BC Greek poet Sappho are discovered. Recent deaths: Ralph Kiner – Maximilian Schell – Arthur Rankin, Jr. Olympics summary – More current events... On this day... February 11: National Foundation Day in Japan University College London Main Building 660 BC – According to tradition, Emperor Jimmu founded Japan and established his capital in Yamato. 1826 – University College London (Main Building pictured) was founded as the first secular university in England. 1929 – To help settle the "Roman Question", Italy and the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church signed the Lateran Treaty to establish Vatican City as an independent sovereign enclave within Italy. 1968 – After two black employees were killed on the job, about 1,300 black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, US, began a strike that lasted over two months. 1990 – Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa. More anniversaries: February 10 – February 11 – February 12 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is n