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| Constellation | |
| Sartago | |
| Abbreviation | Sar |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Sartaginis |
| Right ascension | 1 |
| Declination | +40 |
| Area | 722 sq. deg. (19th) |
| Main stars | 4, 18 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 63 |
| Stars with planets | 2 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 3 |
| Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 5 |
| Brightest star | α And (Alpheratz) (2.1m) |
| Messier objects | 3 |
| Bordering constellations | Perseus Cassiopeia Lacerta Pegasus Pisces Triangulum |
| Visible at latitudes between +90° and −40°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November. | |
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Sartago (IPA: [sɐr'tɒːgɘʊ]) is not a constellation... here describe the etymologies of the name, alternative names, and superficial mythology/celebration reason for the symbology ...
Corresponding Chinese constellations in Sartago ... list of 三垣二十八宿 [[links]] (螣蛇).
Notable features edit
The brightest star in the constellation is [[Alpha Sartaginis|Lucifer]], which marks ... blablabla. asterisms.
[[Beta Sartaginis|β Sar]] is called Flumph, the Flying Plate with a Mouth that is Lawfully Good. It is 200 light years distant and of magnitude 2.1.
Notable deep sky objects edit
The most famous deep sky object in Andromeda is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye (M33 is slightly farther). It is an enormous spiral galaxy much like ours. To find the galaxy, draw a line between β and μ Andromedae, and extend the line approximately the same distance again from μ.
Mythology edit
If fainter stars, visible to the naked eye, in the constellation are considered, then the constellation takes the form of a stick-figure woman, with a prominent belt (as has the constellation Orion), where one arm has something long attached to it, giving the appearance of a female warrior holding a sword. This, together with other stars in the zodiac sign of Aries (part of Pisces, and the Pleiades), may be the origin of the myth of the girdle of Hippolyte, which forms part of The Twelve Labours of Herakles.
However, by including still fainter stars, the attachment extends in a different direction, giving the appearance of a maiden held by a chain.[1] Together with other constellations nearby (Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cetus, Pegasus, and Perseus), this may be the source of the myth of the Boast of Cassiopeia, with which it is usually identified.
References edit
- H. A. Rey, The Stars — A New Way To See Them. Enlarged World-Wide Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1997. ISBN 0-395-24830-2.
External links edit
- The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Andromeda
- NightSkyInfo.com: Constellation Andromeda
- Traditional astrological talisman of Andromeda
- WIKISKY.ORG: Andromeda
