Algol is a three-star system, consisting of Beta Persei Aa1, Aa2, and Ab – in which the hot luminous primary β Persei Aa1 and the larger, but cooler and fainter, β Persei Aa2 regularly …

Oct 31, 2025 · The star name Algol comes from an Arabic word meaning the Demon’s Head or, literally the Ghoul. It represents the terrifying snaky head of the Medusa monster.

Oct 31, 2024 · If you need a touch of trick-or-treat in the sky this season — or anytime — seek out Algol, a bright star in the constellation Perseus.

ALGOL, computer programming language designed by an international committee of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), led by Alan J. Perlis of Carnegie Mellon …

Apr 28, 2019 · Algol, Beta Persei, is a bright multiple star located in Perseus. Nicknamed the Demon Star, it is one of the best known variable stars in the sky.

Feb 27, 2024 · Ask any astronomer to name the most famous variable star in the sky and many will say Algol, the eclipsing binary in Perseus whose variations were first reported in 1670 by …

ALGOL (Beta Persei). Surely one of the most remarkable stars of the sky and appropriately one of the most famed, Algol is the second magnitude Beta star of Perseus, the great mythological …

May 6, 2015 · Algol has the nature of Jupiter, but it also has a long tradition as a troublemaker. It is said to be one of the most unfortunate, violent, and dangerous stars in the heavens.

ALGOL (ALGOrithmic Language) is one of several high level languages designed specifically for programming scientific computations. It started out in the late 1950's, first formalized in a …

Algol (Beta Persei), known as the Demon Star, is a triple star system located within the constellation Perseus 90 light-years away.