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| - Shapur Razmara's ex-wife was named after the constellation Andromeda.
- Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Located north of the celestial equator, it is named for Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia, in the Greek myth, who was chained to a rock to be eaten by the sea monster Cetus. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination, Andromeda is only visible north of 40° south latitude; for observers farther south it lies below the horizon. It is one of the largest constellations, with an area of 722 square degrees. This is over 1,400 times the size of the full moon, 55% of the size of the largest constellation, Hydra,
- The constellation was remote enough to require suspended animation for the space journey to Earth. Andromedan astronauts were therefore sometimes called "sleepers". (TV: The Trial of a Time Lord; PROSE: The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe) The Sixth Doctor may have been referring to the constellation when he once waxed poetic about the beauty of "Andromeda", or he may have been talking about the galaxy of the same name. In either case, Peri thought the description distastefully reminiscent of the Eye of Orion. (TV: Timelash)
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| - The constellation was remote enough to require suspended animation for the space journey to Earth. Andromedan astronauts were therefore sometimes called "sleepers". (TV: The Trial of a Time Lord; PROSE: The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe) The Sixth Doctor may have been referring to the constellation when he once waxed poetic about the beauty of "Andromeda", or he may have been talking about the galaxy of the same name. In either case, Peri thought the description distastefully reminiscent of the Eye of Orion. (TV: Timelash) Once Ian Chesterton showed it to Vicki Pallister in the Earth sky and commented about its position related to Pegasus and the Seven Sisters. (PROSE: Byzantium!) Andromeda was among the constellations which fell to the Committee. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy)
- Shapur Razmara's ex-wife was named after the constellation Andromeda.
- Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Located north of the celestial equator, it is named for Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia, in the Greek myth, who was chained to a rock to be eaten by the sea monster Cetus. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Northern Hemisphere, along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination, Andromeda is only visible north of 40° south latitude; for observers farther south it lies below the horizon. It is one of the largest constellations, with an area of 722 square degrees. This is over 1,400 times the size of the full moon, 55% of the size of the largest constellation, Hydra, and over 10 times the size of the smallest constellation, Crux. Its brightest star, Alpha Andromedae, is a binary star that has also been counted as a part of Pegasus, while Gamma Andromedae is a colorful binary and a popular target for amateur astronomers. Only marginally dimmer than Alpha, Beta Andromedae is a red giant, its color visible to the naked eye. The constellation's most obvious deep-sky object is the naked-eye Andromeda Galaxy (M31, also called the Great Galaxy of Andromeda), the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and one of the brightest Messier objects. Several fainter galaxies, including M31's companions M110 and M32, as well as the more distant NGC 891, lie within Andromeda. The Blue Snowball Nebula, a planetary nebula, is visible in a telescope as a blue circular object. In Chinese astronomy, the stars that make up Andromeda were members of four different constellations that had astrological and mythological significance; a constellation related to Andromeda also exists in Hindu mythology. Andromeda is the location of the radiant for the Andromedids, a weak meteor shower that occurs in November.
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