Andromeda Synthesis Essay

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Information I've decided to choose the constellation, Andromeda. I've chosen constellation because I like the sound of it's name, "The Chained Woman." I know, it sounds a little dark for a teenage boy to be saying that, but it got me thinking, "I could come up with the greatest myth in the world!" Or so I hope. It has 16 stars stationed within itself. It has a couple of galaxies around it, one such named after the constellation itself, the Andromeda Galaxy. The "Blue Snowball Nebula" is found only a little bit away from Iota Andromedae. Each November, the Andromedids meter shower can be seen emitting from the constellation. Creation Myth Andromeda was daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus. Cassiopeia bragged that her daughter was more beautiful

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