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Andromeda is a constellationOrion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). A constellation is a group of stars visibly related to each other in a particular configuration. In three-dimensional space, most of the stars representing the princess AndromedaIn Greek mythology, Andromeda ("ruler of men") was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of the Ethiopians. Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew down the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on, in the northern sky near Pegasus. The constellation takes the general shape of a long, dim, straggly letter "A". It is most notable for containing the Andromeda GalaxyThe Andromeda Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 31 M31 or NGC 224 is a giant spiral galaxy in the Local Group, together with the Milky Way galaxy. It is at a distance of approximately 2. 9 million light years or 920 kpc, in the direction of the constel.

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The brightest starFor alternate meanings see star (disambiguation Hubble Space Telescope of the Sagittarius Star Cloud in the Milky Way Galaxy. A star is any massive gaseous celestial body in outer space. Stars appear as shining points in the nighttime sky that twinkle bec in Andromeda, α Andromedae, called Alpheratz or Sirrah, makes up with α, β, and λ Pegasi an asterism called the Great Square of Pegasus. This star was once considered part of Pegasus, as confirmed by its name, "navel of the horse."

β Andromedae is called MirachMirach is the common name of beta; Andromedae a star in the Andromeda constellation. Mirach is a red giant of spectral class M0, ca. 200 light years away, with a magnitude of 2. Stars Andromeda constellation., the girdle. It is 88 light years distant and of magnitude 2.1.

γ Andromedae, or Almach , is found at the tip of the southern leg of the big "A". It is a beautiful multiple star with contrasting colours.