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Fun facts!
Fun facts!
Andromeda’s constellation is shaped like a long “V.” The easiest way to find it is to first find the Great Square of stars in Pegasus. The “V” begins at one of the corners of the Great Square.
It is believed that Andromeda was chained to the rocks on the coast near Joppa, an ancient city in Palestine on the eastern Mediterranean.
What is the farthest thing that the eye can see without a telescope? It is a fuzzy mark on the hip of Andromeda, and it is about 2.7 million light years away. In fact, this mark is a huge collection of stars known as the Andromeda Galaxy, and it would take a rocket traveling at the speed of light more than two million years to get there.
Story (If you would like to hear about the story rather then read it you can watch the video!! :3)
Story (If you would like to hear about the story rather then read it you can watch the video!! :3)
When Cassiopeia, Andromeda’s mother, boasted that her daughter's beauty was greater than that of the Nereids, who were immortal sea nymphs, the sea monster Cetus was sent to ravage the land. Only sacrificing Andromeda to Cetus would stop the attacks. Cepheus, Andromeda’s father, cried as he chained her to a rock and left her as a sacrifice. But all was not lost, the hero Perseus, who had just killed the Gorgon Medusa, was flying past on his winged slippers. Perseus saw something so still, beautiful, and gray that he thought it must be a statue. But in fact it was Andromeda, who was so scared that she couldn’t move and whose color had drained from her cheeks. Perseus was prepared to rescue this beauty, but first he stopped to ask her parents for her hand in marriage. They reluctantly agreed that Perseus could marry her. Only when they agreed to the marriage was Perseus prepared to risk fighting Cetus. Swooping down, he thrust his sword into Cetus and killed the beast.
Major stars in the Constellation
Major stars in the Constellation
Alpheratz, Alpha Andromedae (Sirrah) Mirach, Beta Andromedae Almach, Gamma Andromedae
Delta Andromedae, Iota Andromedae, Upsilon Andromedae
Xi Andromedae (Adhil), 51 Andromedae (Nembus), Mu Andromeda
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