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Bookmark or Share- The Andromeda constellation: Facts, myth and location | SpaceAndromedids meteor shower. Additional resources. The Andromeda constellation consists of 16 stars visible in the northern sky. Named by ancient Greeks after the mythological Andromeda princess,...
- Andromeda (constellation) - WikipediaAndromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy, and one of the 88 modern constellations. Located in the northern celestial hemisphere, it is named for Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia, in the Greek myth, who was chained to a rock to be eaten by the sea monster Cetus.
- Messier 31 (The Andromeda Galaxy) - NASA ScienceDistance. 2 million light-years. Apparent Magnitude. 3.1. constellation. Andromeda. object type. Spiral Galaxy. Assembled from a total of 7,398 exposures taken over 411 individual pointings of the telescope, this image of our nearest major galactic neighbor, M31, is the largest Hubble mosaic to date.
- Andromeda Galaxy: Facts about our closest galactic neighborThe Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier 31 or M31, is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of the Local Group,...
- Andromeda Galaxy | Description, Location, Distance, & FactsAndromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth, and its diameter is approximately 200,000 light-years.
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