Talk:Andromeda (constellation)

Andromeda

 * You should go to read about Talk:List of stars in Andromeda!

The map overlaps most of the lefthand part of the table with 800x600 resolution (occurs with Opera 7.10 and Internet Explorer 6). Perhaps a thumbnail could be uploaded? -- Notheruser 21:08 Apr 12, 2003 (UTC)
 * Work in progress. -- looxix 21:28 Apr 12, 2003 (UTC)

Added external link to www.nightskyinfo.com/constellations/andromeda. This is my page about the constellation. I'm planing to add more links in the future from other constellation pages in Wikipedia, as I develop new constellation articles on my site. Do you find the information useful?Thanks!


 * Nice article, but since the three "stars" of Andromeda constellation are three galaxies, isn't the information in the table, untruthful?


 * Now,
 * Adding this external link to Andromeda is IMHO a good idea, as long as copyrights are mutually respected,
 * Dear friends astronomers (amateurs and professionals), please don't forget to add ~ (four tildes), so I can see who's talking! Said: Rursus 13:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * does anyone know if J.K. Rowling named her characters after stars I recall reading about Andromeda Tonks 50.106.91.66 (talk) 00:09, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Copyright issues
This whole thing was copied and pasted off of http://www.answers.com/topic/andromeda-constellation. The copyright issues are issued to the Columbia University Press. Did they agree on this? Everything is a litterally word from word copy and paste. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by FrazierLocke (talk • contribs).


 * Actually Answers.com took it from Wikipedia. – Torsten Bronger 06:12, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Earth perspective vs actual dimensions
There doesn't seem to be any reason why it states that the constellation Andromeda contains the galaxy Andromeda. Common sense dictates that a group of about a dozen stars 10 light-years apart cannot contain an entire galaxy that is 2.5 million ly away. I'm rewriting it to state more clearly the relation between the galaxy and constellation of the same name.72.187.185.153 (talk) 02:26, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, a constellation is an area of sky and as such it can contain anything from a meteor radiant to a quasar. Some people say "in the direction of" a given constellation, which is actually worse if you think about it. Skeptic2 (talk) 19:14, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Distance of Beta Andromedae
Umm, &beta; And is said to be 88 ly from Earth in constellation article, but in article about the star itselft it is said to be 200 ly's away. Which one is correct? --84.248.57.66 14:15, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hindu variant
This is only a personal conclusion and as such unsuitable for inclusion in the article, but the Antarmada myth is most probably a late borrowing from Greek, seeing as both cultures were in contact in the Hellenistic period (see Indo-Greeks). No mystery here. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 16:24, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that would make sense, but I can't find a source for the life of me. :/ Keilana | Parlez ici 17:23, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Vishnu. Johnthebutcherman (talk) 05:59, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Gamma And is at southern tip?
Is Gamma And (AKA Almach) really "found at the southern tip of the constellation"? Its declination is +42° 19′ 47.009″, wile the declination of Eta And, for example, is +23° 25′ 03.533″ which is over 19° further south, no? User:Mpuron ([er talk:Mpulier|talk]]) 21:31, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm not sure what happened there. It has the highest right ascension, maybe I mistyped. Do you think mentioning Almach's position or mentioning the most southerly main star is more important? I'm not attached to either. Thanks for catching that! Keilana | Parlez ici 22:39, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Square degrees
Having never heard of a square degree before I looked at Square degree (I guess this should be linked in the article, I'll do it shortly) Now my definition of a degree is 1/360 of a circle, i.e. 360 degrees in a circle. So I would expect a square degree to be some fraction of a sphere, top of my head 1/1296000, (1296000 is 360 squared) i.e. 1296000 square degrees in a sphere. Is this right ? Suspect this discussion should take place in the Square degree article but I guess it will have more visibility here and I'm sure I'm not the only person confused, Thanks...GrahamHardy (talk) 10:57, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You're on the right track. You just have to divide 1296000 by pi to get the number of square degrees in a sphere, about 41,253 degrees. There's a decent explanation at List of constellations by area. Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 13:43, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Not the closest galaxy
The "featured article" summary leaves out the word "spiral", making the sentence incorrect: see Local Group.--Lieven Smits (talk) 21:22, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

0 Johnthebutcherman (talk) 06:02, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

Andromeda headed for collision with Milky Way
Should there be a link to this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda%E2%80%93Milky_Way_collision somewhere in this one? Philip Argy 00:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I believe there is one, in the paragraph on the Andromeda galaxy. Maybe the wiki ate it at some point? If it's not there, I agree, it definitely should be. Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 04:06, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Why would something about the galaxy be in the article  about the constellation? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:08, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, part of what's important about the constellation is what lies within its borders. So it made sense to include a little bit about all the major/bright objects in Andromeda. Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 04:17, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

The technical point about constellation vs. galaxy is well made, but in that case I suggest there needs to be some better disambiguation text including a cross reference to the 'galaxy' article at the beginning of this constellation article. That would satisfy me as I see the refeerence to the 'impending' collision is in the galaxy article. Philip Argy 06:26, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Constellations dont work this way. Gravity/magnetics. Johnthebutcherman (talk) 06:01, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

"also called the Great Galaxy of Andromeda"
Says who? Can someone add a weasel tag? Or how do you do it? May also be needed under the picture of M31. 78.156.109.166 (talk) 09:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi, calling the Andromeda Galaxy the "Great Galaxy" or some variant is pretty common - "Great Nebula of Andromeda" was basically the official name before astronomers realized it was a galaxy, for example. I don't think it's using weasel words to give that common name. Though I do think it's pretty fantastic! ;) Keilana&#124;Parlez ici 16:50, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Andromeda Galaxy and Walter Baade observations
This article is in contradiction with facts current in the WP articles on both the galaxy and W. Baade's 1944 ( reported in public in 1952 )

For those of us who do sidewalk astronomy, preparing notes from wikipedia should be less rife with error-checking to perform.

Please find an editor to resolve these inconsistances in facts and dates in the name of science popularization.

Science is, in part, about trying to get it right.

thanks

99.251.239.140 (talk) 14:57, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Corrections
I used this excellent article to produce a revision of the Portuguese version, and I found some flaws that I suggest English editors take a look: Claudio M Souza (talk) 20:32, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Deep sky objects (4th paragraph): there is a duplication in the location of galaxy M32 and that of M110 is missing - "M32 is 0.5° south of the core, M32 is 1° northwest of the core."
 * Deep sky objects (6th paragraph): the article indicates that NGC 891 is a barred spiral galaxy, however the specific article on this galaxy says that it's an unbarred spiral galaxy.
 * Deep sky objects (8th paragraph): the information of the overall magnitude of NGC 7662 appears twice in the same paragraph: "...it appears as a faint, round, blue-green object in a telescope, with an overall magnitude of 9.2." and "The nebula has an overall magnitude of 9.2 and is 20 by 130 arcseconds in size."

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Orion papers
Hyades war. High definition. Johnthebutcherman (talk) 05:58, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

It’s fun and addicting and you learn
Andromeda story is fun and I think I learned alot about her and it should be in a book 2601:2C4:C901:1880:7588:DF7:F7BC:E5B3 (talk) 11:57, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * What?