Andromeda
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- proper noun
- /ˌændrəˈmɛdə/
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constelación de Andrómeda
- Tonight, astronomers will be observing the stars in the Andromeda constellation for their research.
- Andromeda Galaxy
- constellation of Andromeda
The farthest object visible to the unaided eye is a Galaxy beyond the stars of the constellation Andromeda.
- The farthest object visible to the unaided eye is a Galaxy beyond the stars of the constellation Andromeda.
Examples
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The sky also held the nebulae—fuzzy, indeterminate objects such as the Andromeda nebula, which lives among the stars of the constellation Andromeda.
Academic text (2005) -
For several centuries, very little was said about the Andromeda Galaxy.
Academic text (1993) -
We come from a planet in the Andromeda constellation.
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Can you see the constellation Andromeda?
Fiction book (1997) -
However, the compositions of stars in the brighter cluster are very similar to those of the rest of the central stars in Andromeda, which would seem to indicate a common origin for the two.
Academic text (1994) -
They broke away as a result of a cataclysmic merger of other small galaxies with Andromeda about ten billion years ago.
Academic text (1994) -
In the northern sky, you can find the bright constellation Andromeda between Cassiopeia and Pegasus.
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The famous spiral galaxy, known as the Andromeda galaxy, is part of the Andromeda constellation.
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin evergreen bush that grows in wet, cold places with hanging groups of white or pink flowers
A small shrub that stays green all year and has white or pink flowers in wet acidic bogs
A small evergreen bush with pink or white hanging flowers that grows in acidic wet bogs
- Specialized
Low-growing evergreen shrubs from northern regions that have small pink flowers
A shrub with wide evergreen leaves and hanging groups of white flowers grown in gardens
Surface Forms
Etymology
Andromeda is the name of a star group and it comes from the same mythic princess; the name comes from old Greek andros ('man') and medomai ('to rule'), so you can remember the constellation as the sky picture of the 'ruler of men' sitting near Cassiopeia and Pegasus.