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Andromeda Galaxy and Book of Fixed Stars

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Andromeda Galaxy and Book of Fixed Stars

Andromeda Galaxy vs. Book of Fixed Stars

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. The Book of Fixed Stars (كتاب صور الكواكب) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964.

Similarities between Andromeda Galaxy and Book of Fixed Stars

Andromeda Galaxy and Book of Fixed Stars have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Apparent magnitude, Galaxy, Milky Way, Star cluster.

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (عبدالرحمن صوفی (December 7, 903 in Rey, Iran – May 25, 986 in Shiraz, Iran) was a Persian astronomer also known as 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sufi, 'Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Husayn, 'Abdul Rahman Sufi, or 'Abdurrahman Sufi and, historically, in the West as Azophi and Azophi Arabus. The lunar crater Azophi and the minor planet 12621 Alsufi are named after him. Al-Sufi published his famous Book of Fixed Stars in 964, describing much of his work, both in textual descriptions and pictures. Al-Biruni reports that his work on the ecliptic was carried out in Shiraz. He lived at the Buyid court in Isfahan.

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Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

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Star cluster

Star clusters are groups of stars.

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Andromeda Galaxy and Book of Fixed Stars Comparison

Andromeda Galaxy has 172 relations, while Book of Fixed Stars has 32. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 2.45% = 5 / (172 + 32).

References

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