The Constellation of Andromeda


Genitive: Andromedae
Abbreviation: And
Translation: Andromeda a woman from Greek Mythology. She was the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia.

Quick reference:-
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon Zeta
Eta Theta Iota Kappa Lambda Mu
Nu Xi Omicron Pi Rho Sigma
Tau Upsilon Phi Chi Psi Omega

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99

Galaxies & other objects

Beyer's Catalogue

Each star in the constellation is assigned a Greek letter usually the brightest is Alpha, the second brightest Beta but there are exceptions to this rule.


Alpha = Sirrah = Alpheratz = 21


Beta = Mirach


Gamma = Sadachbia = Almach


Delta = 31


Epsilon = 30


Zeta = 34


Eta


Theta = 24


Iota = 17


Kappa = 19


Lambda = 16
A spectroscopic binary RA 23h 37m 34s
Dec +46° 27' 50”
Distance: 7.4 lightyears
Apparent Magnitude 3.8 variable
Absolute Magnitude 1.8
Spectrum G8


Mu


Nu


Xi


Omicron = 1
Double star and Beta Lyrae type variable
RA 23h 01m 55s
Dec +42° 19' 34”
Distance: 10.7 lightyears
Apparent Magnitude 3.6 variable
Absolute Magnitude 1.4
Spectrum B6 + A2


Pi = 29


Rho


Sigma = 25


Tau


Upsilon


Phi


Chi


Psi


Omega

Flamsteed's Catalogue

Each star is assigned a number according to its right ascension.


1 see Omicron


2


3


4


5


6


7
RA 23h 12m 33s
Dec +49° 24' 33”
Distance: 7.1 lightyears
Apparent Magnitude 4.5
Absolute Magnitude 2.6
Spectrum F0


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16 see Lambda


17 see Iota


18


19 see Kappa


20


21 see Alpha


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24 see Theta


25 see Sigma


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29 see Pi


30 see Epsilon


31 see Delta


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34 see Zeta


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Galaxies and other objects

The Andromeda Galaxy = M31

 

 

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