ASTR 103 A

COW Week 12
Elizabeth Covington
11/07/2016

The Andromeda Constellation from Uranographia

by Johannes Hevelius 1690

Andromeda in Greek
mythology was the daughter
of king Cepheus and queen
Cassiopeia. Thanks to
Cassiopeias bragging about
Andromedas beauty,
Poseidon sent Cetus the sea
monster to ravage her
[Andromeda] as punishment.
Andromeda was rescued from
her position, where she was
naked and chained to a rock
by Perseus

Myth

The midsection of what is

now known as Andromeda
was recorded in Babylonian
astronomy as Anunitum
Also associated with
Mesopotamian story of
Tiamat, the goddess of
Chaos and the story of
creation
Was one of the original 48
constellations designed by
Ptolemy in the 2nd century
The official boundaries
were defined by Eugene
Delporte in 1930
History

Righ Ascension: 22h

57.5m to 2h 39.3m
Declination 53.19 to
21.68

Location in the sky

Sirrah (the Alpha star) is

a binary star with a
luminosity of 96 and
visual magnitude of 2.1.
Sirrah is located 97 light
years away from Earth!
The Andromeda Galaxy
M31, NGC 224 is a
barred spiral galaxy
about 200,000 light
years in diameter!
Special Stars

 Plotner,

T. (2016). The Andromeda

Constellation - Universe Today. Retrieved
November 08, 2016, from
http://www.universetoday.com/19518/andro
meda/
Star Tales Andromeda. (n.d.). Retrieved
November 08, 2016, from
http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/andro
meda.htm