Changes: Andromeda

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Star chart with constellations, The Corbomite Maneuver remastered — The constellation star chart

For additional meanings of "Andromeda", please see Andromeda.

Andromeda was a constellation notable for containing the Andromeda Galaxy.

The Andromeda Constellation was partially visible on a viewscreen in the briefing room on the USS Enterprise in 2266. It was a star chart of the winter sky as seen from Earth. The constellation Andromeda was visible in the upper right corner of the chart and identified by name. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")

Related locations

M32
M110
Groombridge 34 (GX and GQ Andromedae)
Ross 248 (HH Andromedae)

External links

Andromeda constellation at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
Andromeda (constellation) at Wikipedia

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+[[File:Star chart with constellations, The Corbomite Maneuver remastered.jpg|thumb|The constellation star chart]]
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+'''Andromeda''' was a [[constellation]] notable for containing the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
+The Andromeda Constellation was partially visible on a [[viewscreen]] in the [[briefing room]] on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in [[2266]]. It was a [[star chart]] of the winter sky as seen from [[Earth]]. The constellation Andromeda was visible in the upper right corner of the chart and identified by name. ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
-[[Image:Star chart with constellations, The Corbomite Maneuver remastered.jpg|thumb|The constellation star chart from the remastered episode.]]
-Andromeda is an Earth [[constellation]] named for the princess Andromeda, a character in Greek mythology. The name translates to ''Guardian of the Men'' in Greek. The constellation is visible in the northern sky of [[Earth]] near the constellation [[Pegasus]]. It is most notable for containing the [[Andromeda Galaxy]].
+===Related locations===
-The brightest [[star]] in the constellation is α Andromedae, which is actually a binary star.
-The most famous deep sky object in Andromeda is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye on Earth. The Andromeda Galaxy appears as a bright star on Earth, brighter than α Andromedae. This makes it the brightest stellar object in the constellation. It is an enormous spiral galaxy much like the [[Milky Way Galaxy|Milky Way]].
-The Andromeda Constellation was partially visible on a viewscreen in the [[briefing room]] on the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}} in [[2266]]. It is a star chart of the winter sky as seen from Earth. The constellation Andromeda is visible in the upper right corner of the chart and identified by name. ({{TOS|The Corbomite Maneuver}})
-; List of stars in Andromeda
-* [[Andromeda Galaxy]] (M31 or NGC 224)
 * [[M32]]
 * [[M110]]
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 * [[Ross 248]] (HH Andromedae)
+==External links==
+* {{mbeta|Andromeda constellation}}
+* {{wikipedia|Andromeda (constellation)}}
 [[Category:Constellations]]