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  2. Andromeda (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    Andromeda's bright stars are mostly in the body of the porpoise; Cassiopeia represents its tail and Aries its head. [14] In the Tuamotu islands, Alpha Andromedae was called Takurua-e-te-tuki-hanga-ruki, meaning "Star of the wearisome toil", [22] and Beta Andromedae was called Piringa-o-Tautu. [23]

  3. List of stars in Andromeda - Wikipedia

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    a variable star in the constellation of Andromeda. It is classified as a semiregular variable pulsating giant star, and varies from an apparent visual magnitude of 14.5 at minimum brightness to a magnitude of 9.9 at maximum brightness, with a period of approximately 238.3 days. [17] [18] Y And: 10112: 01 h 39 m 36.89 s +39° 20′ 35″ 10.39 ...

  4. Alpheratz - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Andromedae is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda (right). α Andromedae (Latinised to Alpha Andromedae) is the star's Bayer designation. Ptolemy considered the star (system) to be shared by Pegasus and Johann Bayer assigned it a designation in both constellations: Alpha Andromedae (α And) and Delta Pegasi (δ Peg ...

  5. Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Gigapixels of Andromeda, is a 2015 composite photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy produced by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is 1.5 billion pixels in size, and is the largest image ever taken by the telescope. [1] At the time of its release to the public, the image was one of the largest ever ...

  6. Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Andromeda has a D 25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) [8] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek ...

  7. Zeta Andromedae - Wikipedia

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    Zeta Andromedae (Zeta And, ζ Andromedae, ζ And) is a star system in the constellation Andromeda. It is approximately 189 light-years from Earth. Zeta Andromedae is the star's Bayer designation. It also has the Flamsteed designation 34 Andromedae and multiple other designations in stellar catalogues.

  8. 14 Andromedae - Wikipedia

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    14 Andromedae, abbreviated 14 And, also named Veritate / ˌ v ɛ r ɪ ˈ t eɪ t iː /, [7] is a single, [8] orange-hued giant star situated approximately 247 light-years away [1] in the northern constellation of Andromeda. It is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.22. [2]

  9. NGC 206 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 206 is the richest and most conspicuous star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy, and is one of the largest and brightest star-forming regions in the Local Group. [2] It contains more than 300 stars brighter than M b =−3.6. [3] It was originally identified by Edwin Hubble as a star cluster but today, due to its size, it is classified as an OB ...