Almaak (Gamma Andromedae)
Gamma Andromedae.
Image credit: Jack Schmidling
The third brightest star in the constellation Andromeda and one of the most beautiful double stars in the sky.
Gamma Andromedae
Arabic: type of small, predatory animal in Arabia
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ALMACH (Gamma Andromedae). You take your new telescope to the back yard perhaps wondering what to examine.
It lies in the east central part (01:36:47.8+41:24:19.65, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Andromeda, the Chained Maiden -- northeast of Mirach (Beta Andromedae), southwest of Almach (Gamma Andromedae), ...
One of the lady's legs is formed by stars beta Andromedae, upsilon Andromedae, and gamma Andromedae: gamma Andromedae is of second magnitude and represents the lady's foot.
The easiest way to find them is to form a triangle, using gamma Andromedae and alpha Persei. Then the northern point becomes the twin clusters.
The third brightest star is [5], gamma Andromedae, also known as Alamak or Almach ("the caracal").
Her foot is marked by Gamma Andromedae, whose name is variously spelled Almaak, Almach, or Alamak, from the Arabic al-'anaq, referring to the desert lynx or caracal which the old Arabs visualized here.
Leonids, 14-20 November, Star Region: Zeta Leonis
Andromedids, 26 November-4 December, Star Region: Gamma Andromedae
Geminids, 9-13 December, Star Region: Castor
Ursids, 20-22 December, Star Region: Kocab ...
 See also: Andromeda, Constellation, Magnitude, Sky, Period
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