Constellations
Andromeda (And)
The Chained Princess
Also known as princess.
6 looks for Andromeda
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Andromeda
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Chained Princess
- IAU abbreviation
- And
- Its stars are named
- Andromedae (as in "Alpha Andromedae")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in November
- Centre
- Right ascension 0h 34m, declination +38° 36′
- The figure
- 17 stars joined by 16 lines
- Brightest star
- Mirach, magnitude 2.06
Star patterns in it: Great Square of Pegasus.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Mirach (β And)mag 2.06
- Alpheratz (α And)mag 2.06
- Almach (γ1 And)mag 2.16
- δ Andmag 3.27
- Nembus (51 And)mag 3.57
- ο Andmag 3.62
- λ Andmag 3.82
- μ Andmag 3.87
- ζ Andmag 4.06
- κ Andmag 4.14
- φ Andmag 4.25
- ι Andmag 4.29
- π Andmag 4.36
- ε Andmag 4.37
- η Andmag 4.42
- ν Andmag 4.53
- ψ Andmag 4.95
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation