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Andromeda Galaxy and Star chart

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

Difference between Andromeda Galaxy and Star chart

Andromeda Galaxy vs. Star chart

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. A star chart or star map, also called a sky chart or sky map, is a map of the night sky.

Similarities between Andromeda Galaxy and Star chart

Andromeda Galaxy and Star chart have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Book of Fixed Stars, Declination, Galaxy, Magnitude (astronomy).

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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Book of Fixed Stars

The Book of Fixed Stars (كتاب صور الكواكب) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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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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Magnitude (astronomy)

In astronomy, magnitude is a logarithmic measure of the brightness of an object in a defined passband, often in the visible or infrared spectrum, but sometimes across all wavelengths.

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Andromeda Galaxy and Star chart Comparison

Andromeda Galaxy has 172 relations, while Star chart has 84. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 1.95% = 5 / (172 + 84).

References

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