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Perseus (constellation)
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/February 11, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 12:23, 21 January 2014‎ (UTC)



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. 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, however, is Algol, an eclipsing binary whose 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. Points: vital article (4), contributor history (1), for a total of 5. I do not check the main page nor this page regularly, and do not know of an easy place to find this, so I have no idea if other similar articles have run. If somebody who knows what they're doing could check that, that would be great. StringTheory11 (t • c) 03:28, 21 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Smug self-satisfied support as co-buffer. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:06, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Might need a little space though, we ran Phoenix (constellation) on 01JAN2014.--ColonelHenry (talk) 05:22, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * That's far enough away not to be a problem. Can't imagine we'll get too many complaints about excessive constellation TFAs (or will constellations be the new mushrooms?!) BencherliteTalk 12:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * COUNT: 178 words/1,126 characters (with spaces) as proposed.--ColonelHenry (talk) 05:25, 21 January 2014 (UTC)