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Andromeda (constellation)}} is a {}-based template to be used at the bottom of articles about astronomical objects beyond the Solar System, located in the constellation of Andromeda. The template is divided into categories of stars, star clusters, nebulae, exoplanets, galaxies, galaxy clusters, and a miscellaneous "other" category.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Andromeda, ... triple star system 60 And: b: 60:
It was listed as entry number 34 in A Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars, published posthumously in 1838 by British astronomer Stephen Groombridge. [11] Based upon parallax measurements taken by the Gaia spacecraft, the system is located about 11.6 light-years (3.6 parsecs) from the Sun. This positions the pair among the nearest stars to the Solar ...
In Chinese astronomy, the stars that make up Andromeda were members of four different constellations that had astrological and mythological significance; a constellation related to Andromeda also exists in Hindu mythology. Andromeda is the location of the radiant for the Andromedids, a weak meteor shower that occurs in November.
9 Andromedae, abbreviated 9 And by convention, is a variable binary star system in the northern constellation Andromeda. 9 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation, while it bears the variable star designation AN Andromedae, or AN And.
Omicron Andromedae is a multiple star containing at least three components. It may consist of two close pairs in a wider orbit, making a four-star system, [14] although the binarity of the primary star is in doubt. [11] This star system has a peculiar velocity of 34.5 ± 5.9 km/s. [14]
Psi Andromedae (ψ And, ψ Andromedae) is the Bayer designation for a triple star [4] system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. The combined apparent visual magnitude of this system is 4.95. [2] Based upon parallax measurements, is roughly 2,000 light-years (610 parsecs) from Earth. [1]
HD 225218 is a quadruple star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda.The primary component, HD 225218 A, is a giant star with a stellar classification of B9III, [4] an apparent magnitude of 6.16, [2] and is a candidate Lambda Boötis star. [9]