Talk:List of stars in Andromeda

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[edit] Wider Table

We should make the star table wider by adding more data into it in every opened articles in the list of stars by constellations and make it like the other web sites, such as star catalogues, right ascension, declination, absolute magnitude and spectral type. Currently, the table only contain Bayer designations, Flamsteed designations for some constellations, star name icons and proper names, apparent magnitudes, distance, comments, and sometimes right ascension and declination before aparent magnitude, distance, but after the names/designations. The figure of table from left to right is shown here:

Name Designation Location Magnitude Distance Sp. class Notes
B F HD HIP RA Dec vis. abs. Ly Pc

Thank you alot for making the new table style in the list of star by constellation articles, from Fornax to Lyra as of 23:45 UTC, December 26, 2006, but you should add one more thing, "distance in parsec". For more information about the distance, look in Talk:List of stars in Lyra and Talk:List of stars in Vulpecula. Cosmium 00:34, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the thanks. I was pondering if I should add also distance in parsecs. But since parsecs are not much used in popular texts (incl. Wikipedia), and since the parsecs column doesn't add much new information (just the same values of light year distance divided by 3.26), I didn't see any compelling reason why parsec distances should be included. Keeping the tables as light as possible is in my opinion more important. I included the absolute magnitude since it tells how bright the star actually is and computing it is more complex operation (although some Hipparcos distances are quite meaningless because of small parallaxes). Anyway, after I've incorporated the star notes into my database, updating the tables should be considerably easier.--JyriL talk 13:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymologies

Etymologies listed in this table don't fit into the new table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL talk 16:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

BD F Names and other designations Mag. Ly away Comments
α 21 Alpha Andromedae, Alpheratz, Alpherat, Al'faret, Al'ferats, Sirrah, Sirah, Sirrakh 2.06 97.1
β 43 Beta Andromedae, Mirach, Merach, Mirac, Mirak, Mirakh, Merak, Mirar, Mirath, Mirax, El Mizar, Al Mizar 2.07 199
  • < المراق al-maraqq The Loins
γ¹,² 57 Gamma Andromedae, Almach, Almaak, Alamak, Almak, Almaach, Alamac, Al'mak 2.26 355
  • < ? ؟ الارض al-canāq al-arđ̧ The "earth-kid", (a mustelid)
  • double star; component magnitudes: 2.26, 4.84
δ 31 Delta Andromedae, Sadiradra, Saderazra, Sadir Elazra 3.27 101
  • < الصدر العذراء al-sadr al-adhra'a Chest/Bosom of the Maiden
51 51 Andromedae, Anfal, El Enfal 3.59 174
  • < انفال anfal Spoils or Plunder
  • < from the Arabic asterism السيف و الانفال al-saif wa al-anfal "The Sword and the Spoils"
ο 1 Omicron Andromedae 3.62 692
λ 16 Lambda Andromedae 3.81 84.2
μ 37 Mu Andromedae 3.86 136
ζ 34 Zeta Andromedae 4.08 181
υ 50 Upsilon Andromedae, Adhab, Azab 4.09 43.9
  • < عذاب adhab punishment or suffering
  • has three planets
κ 19 Kappa Andromedae 4.15 170
φ 42 Phi Andromedae, Keun Nan Mun 4.26 740
  • < 軍南門 (Mandarin jūnnánmén) The south gate of the camp
  • Keun Nan Mun shared with χ Andromedae
ι 17 Iota Andromedae 4.29 503
ε 30 Epsilon Andromedae 4.34 169
π 29 Pi Andromedae 4.34 660
η 34 Eta Andromedae 4.40 243
σ 25 Sigma Andromedae 4.51 141
ν 35 Nu Andromedae 4.53 680
7 7 Andromedae 4.53 63.6...
θ 24 Theta Andromedae 4.61 253
3 3 Andromedae 4.64 927
65 65 Andromedae 4.73 307
58 58 Andromedae 4.78 580
8 8 Andromedae 4.82 655
ω 48 Omega Andromedae 4.83 92.3
b 60 60 Andromedae 4.84 557
ξ 46 Xi Andromedae, Adhil 4.88 196
  • < الذيل að-ðayl The train (of a garment) [lit. The tail]
τ 53 Tau Andromedae 4.96 680
ψ 20 Psi Andromedae 4.97 1310
χ 52 Chi Andromedae, Keun Nan Mun 5.01 242
  • < 軍南門 (Mandarin jūnnánmén) The south gate of the camp
  • Keun Nan Mun shared with φ Andromedae
22 22 Andromedae 5.01 1639
41 41 Andromedae 5.04 106.4
2 2 Andromedae 5.09 95.6
ρ 27 Rho Andromedae 5.16 160
64 64 Andromedae 5.19 3507
28 28 Andromedae 5.20 2297
14 14 Andromedae 5.22 211.5
A 49 49 Andromedae 5.27 222
4 4 Andromedae 5.30
32 32 Andromedae 5.30 260
c 62 62 Andromedae 5.31 224.7
18 18 Andromedae 5.35
55 55 Andromedae 5.42 513.6
11 11 Andromedae 5.44 197
36 36 Andromedae 5.46 146.8
15 15 Andromedae 5.55 236.52
63 63 Andromedae 5.57
47 47 Andromedae 5.60
44 44 Andromedae 5.67
5 5 Andromedae 5.68 157.3...
56 56 Andromedae 5.69
23 23 Andromedae 5.71 137.56
13 13 Andromedae 5.75
12 12 Andromedae 5.77
45 45 Andromedae 5.80 867.4...
10 10 Andromedae 5.81
6 6 Andromedae 5.91 141
39 39 Andromedae 5.95
9 9 Andromedae 5.98
59 59 Andromedae 6.09 272
26 26 Andromedae 6.10
66 66 Andromedae 6.16
HR 465, GY Andromedae 6.36 455
59 59 Andromedae 6.82 264
Groombridge 34, GQ Andromedae, GX Andromedae 8.01 11.62
Ross 248 12.29 10.32
  • nearby
S Andromedae, Supernova 1885 2.9 million
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