Andromeda
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7.7
- proper noun
- /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/
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galaxia de Andrómeda
- Although the Andromeda Galaxy is distant, it can be seen with the unaided eye.
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Andromeda (M31)
- Andromeda Nebula
And then ending around the time that Hubble discovered that Andromeda was a Galaxy.
- And then ending around the time that Hubble discovered that Andromeda was a Galaxy.
- And with that telescope, Hubble was able to detect a special kind of variable star in Andromeda.
- Now neither you nor your friend and possibly know anything about this, because the information from Andromeda can't yet have reached you.
- What we're going to see now is we're going to see that remnant Galaxy of the Milky Way and Andromeda as they merged.
- And they said, OK, maybe these things that we see are Novi, or, you know, the plural of Nova happening in Andromeda.
- I mean, realistically, the culture would look over at the Andromeda Galaxy and be like, oh, you mean spaceflight?
- There will be, well, the Andromeda might.
Examples
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And Andromeda is a galaxy with one trillion stars.
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The first telescopic view of the Andromeda Galaxy was reported by Simon Marius in 1612.
Academic text (1993) -
Or if you wait for light from Andromeda, it could take millions of years to reach us.
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Look up, drive to the Andromeda Galaxy, turn left.
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And it turns out that the movement of Andromeda at its distance from us is greater than the expansion of the universe between us.
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You know, I used to look at Andromeda all the time back in Toronto.
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The Milky Way and its neighbor, Andromeda (M31), are on a collision course.
Academic text (1995) -
The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest large galaxy to the Milky Way, located about 2.5 million light-years away.
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Astronomers believe that the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way in approximately 4.5 billion years.
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You can see the Andromeda Galaxy on a clear night, appearing as a faint smudge in the sky.
Synonyms
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5.8
Large spiral galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see without a telescope
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 large galaxy and it was named after the constellation where we see it; the name goes back to old Greek andros ('man') and medomai ('to rule'), so the galaxy keeps the old story's name of the 'ruler of men'.