Perseus
Brightest star: Mirfak
Perseus is the radiant of the Perseids, the most spectacular meteor shower of the year (peak around August 12). Algol, its "Demon Star", is an eclipsing binary that varies in brightness every 2.87 days — a mystery solved in 1783.
When to see it
Visible autumn–winter, source of the Perseids meteor shower in August.
Mythology
Perseus, son of Zeus and Danaë, beheaded Medusa and then saved Andromeda. The sky reunites them: Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus are neighboring constellations telling one myth across the autumn sky.
Gift idea
Ideal for anyone born in August, especially around the Perseids peak — a birth gift with a cosmic wink.