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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.
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 ...
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]
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.
66 Andromedae is a binary star [3] system in the northern constellation of Andromeda, near the northern border with Perseus.The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712.
HD 2942 is a triple star system [3] in the constellation Andromeda located approximately 170 parsecs (550 ly) away. The primary component, a red giant of spectral type K0III, has an apparent magnitude of 6.33, meaning that it is barely visible with the naked eye under good conditions.
Map showing the location of NGC 752. NGC 752 (also known as Caldwell 28) is an open cluster in the constellation Andromeda.The cluster was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 and cataloged by her brother William Herschel in 1786, although an object that may have been NGC 752 was described by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654.
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.