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| name | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andromeda | skybber | 2021-06-01 19:33:54.785091 | skybber | 2022-01-17 18:20:00.392292 |
Andromeda is a large constellation in the northern sky, whose brightest stars complete the quadrilateral of Pegasus. It is easy to find in the sky because its brightest stars lie roughly on a straight line formed by the stars Alpheratz, Mirach and Alamak. The star Algenib could also be part of this line, but it belongs to the constellation Perseus. We can also help us find it by the fact that it lies below Cassiopeia and borders closely on Pegasus - the line of 2mag stars runs from the north-east corner of the Pegasus square. The constellation lies just on the edge of the Milky Way, and contains a number of interesting binaries of varying brightness, spacing and colour, as well as several clusters and nebulae. Galaxies of all types are not lost. The most famous, the Great Andromeda Nebula, which moves almost perpendicularly over our heads during early autumn evenings, is visible as a bright, hazy, elongated cloud just a short distance from the star ν Andromedae.
