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It is one of the 48 Greek constellations, first listed in Claudius Ptolemy's Almagest in the 2nd century CE. The constellation was named after the mythical princess Andromeda, the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and wife of the Greek hero Perseus. It is also known as the Chained Maiden, Persea (wife of Perseus), or Cepheis (daughter of Cepheus).
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The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) [8] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth.
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Andromeda is a princess in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia (Ethiopia), and his wife, Cassiopeia. The most famous myth associated with Andromeda is the story of her rescue by the Greek hero Perseus, who saved her from being sacrificed to a sea monster.
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Perseus and Andromeda, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, 1st century BCE, The Met. Andromeda in Greek mythology was a woman of exceptional beauty and the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the King and Queen of Ethiopia. Andromeda's mythology is interwoven with the story of the Greek hero Perseus and a beast named Ketos.
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New, nifty pictures have been released by astro-boffins which reveal further glories of "the elegant spiral galaxy Andromeda, named after the mythical Greek princess known for her beauty". Without further ado: That's a proper long-distance princess snap.
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) lies 2 million light-years away, and it is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way. It is estimated to have up to 1 trillion stars, whereas the Milky Way contains.
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The constellation's most obvious deep-sky object is the naked-eye Andromeda Galaxy (M31, also called the Great Galaxy of Andromeda), the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and one of the brightest Messier objects. Several fainter galaxies, including M31's companions M110 and M32, as well as the more distant NGC 891, lie within Andromeda.
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Posted on November 26, 2019 by Madeleine. The legendary princess, Andromeda, was a mortal woman born to King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Andromeda's fate was sealed when Cassiopeia bragged that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereid sea nymphs. The Nereid sea nymphs were known for their astounding beauty.
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Andromeda, in Greek mythology, beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia) and wife of Perseus.Cassiope offended the Nereids by boasting that Andromeda was more beautiful than they, so in revenge Poseidon sent a sea monster to devastate Cepheus' kingdom. Since only Andromeda's sacrifice would appease the gods, she was chained to a rock and.
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The constellation Gloria Frederici (upper left) is now part of Andromeda. Andromeda, in astronomy, constellation of the northern sky at about one hour right ascension and 40° north declination. The brightest star, Alpheratz (from the Arabic for "horse's navel"; the star was once part of the constellation Pegasus ), has a magnitude of 2.1.
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The Andromeda constellation is named after the mythical Greek princess Andromeda. According to the myth, Andromeda was the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus of Ethiopia. The queen boasted that her daughter was more beautiful than the sea nymphs, which angered the god of the sea, Poseidon. As punishment, Poseidon sent a sea monster.
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Greek. Euripides: Euripides' tragedy Andromeda (fifth century BCE) tells of how Perseus saved Andromeda from the sea monster. Unfortunately, this work survives only in fragments. Roman. Ovid: Andromeda's rescue by and marriage to Perseus are described in Books 4 and 5 of the Metamorphoses (ca. 8 CE).. Mythological Handbooks (Greek and Roman):
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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 Ethiopian (or Phoenician) princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology. The mass of the Andromeda Galaxy is of the same order of magnitude as that of the Milky Way, at 1 trillion solar masses (2.0.
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The magnitude 3.5 galaxy can be seen as a hazy patch in a dark sky, but most people will need binoculars or a telescope to find the wide misty patch. Andromeda stretches about three degrees across.
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Andromeda Galaxy (also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224) is a spiral galaxy located in the Andromeda constellation. The galaxy was named after the constellation which, in turn, was named after the mythical princess Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus in Greek mythology.
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Central story In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of ancient Aethiopia. Her mother Cassiopeia foolishly boasts that she is more beautiful than the Nereids, [7] a display of hubris by a human that is unacceptable to the gods.