Usually depicted carrying the detached head of the demon-woman Medusa, or Gorgon, who grew snakes for hair.
Description Resembles a backward lambda.
Perseus contains no first-magnitude star, but a pair of beautiful binocular star clusters, known as the Double Cluster. Look for the Perseid meteor shower on August 12. The size of each star indicates its relative magnitude . Constellation names are light blue . Messier object numbers are pink .