Andromeda (redirected from Andromada)

Andromeda, in astronomy

Andromeda, in astronomy, northern constellation located to the NE of Pegasus and to the S of Cassiopeia. Its brightest star, Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae), marks the northeast corner of the Great Square in Pegasus. The constellation also contains the bright stars Mirach (Beta Andromedae) and Almach (Gamma Andromedae) and the famous Great Nebula, or Andromeda Galaxy, the only galaxy visible to the naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere. Andromeda reaches its highest point in the evening sky in November.

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Andromeda, in Greek mythology

Andromeda (ăndrŏm`ĭdə), in Greek mythology, princess of Ethiopia, daughter of King Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, and Cassiopeia. According to most legends Cassiopeia angered Poseidon by saying that Andromeda (or possibly Cassiopeia herself) was more beautiful than the nereids. Poseidon sent a sea monster to prey upon the country; he could be appeased only by the sacrifice of the king's daughter. Andromeda in sacrifice was chained to a rock by the sea; but she was rescued by Perseus, who killed the monster and later married her. Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda were all set among the stars as constellations.

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Andromeda

In Greek mythology, the wife of Perseus. She was the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia). Her mother boasted that Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids, and Poseidon punished her by sending a sea monster to devastate Joppa. To appease the gods, Andromeda was chained to a rock and left to be devoured by the monster. Perseus flew by on Pegasus, fell in love with Andromeda, and slew the monster. She married him and bore him six sons and a daughter. After her death she became a constellation.

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Andromeda [‚an′dräm·ə·də]

(astronomy)

A constellation with a right ascension of 1 hour and a declination of 40°N. Abbreviated And; Andr.

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Andromeda

saved by Perseus from sea monster. [Gk. Myth: Hall, 239; Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]

See : Rescue

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Andromeda

a constellation of the northern sky. It includes three stars of the second magnitude and a spiral galaxy, the Andromeda nebula, which is visible to the naked eye and which has been known since the tenth century. The constellation is best observed in September and October and is visible everywhere in the USSR.

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Andromeda

a genus of evergreen shrubs of the family Ericaceae. The flowers have a pink ovate-urceolate or globose-urceolate corolla and are gathered into an umbel. The fruit is a capsule. There are one or two species, distributed in the northern hemisphere. In the USSR there is one species, the marsh andromeda (A. polifolia), which has leathery lanceolate leaves. The marsh andromeda grows in the forest and tundra zones in swamps and damp coniferous forests. The leaves contain a poisonous glycoside that is dangerous to sheep and goats.

REFERENCES

Derev’ia i kustarniki SSSR, vol. 5. Moscow-Leningrad, 1960.
Gusynin, I. A. Toksikologiia iadovitykh rastenii, 4th ed. Moscow, 1962.