Mirach is a red M0+IIIa giant about 470 times as luminous as the sun. The spectral type implies an effective temperature of 3200 K and a mass about 6 times that of the sun.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed ...
Mirach's Ghost. Lies very close to Mirach in our line of sight.
NGC 891
galaxy ...
Mirac; Mirak; Mirach; Mizar; Pulcherrima.
Epsilon Boötis
HR 5506
HD 129989 ...
Alpheratz=Alpha, Mirach=Beta
Perseus myth; Daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus; galaxy M 31
Antlia ...
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), ...
Brightest Stars: Alpheratz, Mirach, Almach
Finding Andromeda: Andromeda is basically the group of stars below Cassiopeia, the main part of the constellation forming an arc stretching nearly 30 degrees across the sky.
The girl's waist is marked by the star Beta Andromedae, also called Mirach, a name corrupted from the Arabic al-mi'zar meaning ‘the girdle' or ‘loin cloth'.
10, [4], beta Andromedae or Mirach, is the second brightest star in the Andromeda constellation. It is a red giant 200 light-years distant from the Earth.
β Andromedae is called Mirach, the girdle. It is 200 light years distant and of magnitude 2.1.
γ Andromedae, or Almach, is found at the tip of the southern leg of the big "A". It is a beautiful multiple star with contrasting colours.
Named stars: Alpha And (Alpheratz/Sirrah), Beta And (Mirach), Gamma And (Alamak)
Info: Andromeda contains the Andromeda Galaxy (M31/NGC224), which is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own galaxy and the largest object of the Local Group of galaxies.
Named Stars: ALPHERATZ (Alpha And) MIRACH (Beta And) ALMAAK (Gamma 1 And) Adhil (Xi And)
Andromeda is a V-shaped constellation surrounded by her family. Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Perseus are all near-by.
ALPHERATZ (Alpha And)
MIRACH (Beta And)
ALMAAK (Gamma 1 And)
Adhil (Xi And) ...
Andromeda: Adhil (ξ And), Almak (Almach, γ1 And), Alpheratz (or Sirrah, α And, = δ Peg), Mirach (β And). Sadiradra (δ And), ...
Mirach Beta Andromedae
Miram Eta Persei
Mirfak Alpha Persei
Mirzam Beta Canis Majoris
Misam Kappa Persei
Mizar Zeta Ursae Majoris
Mothallah Alpha Trianguli
Muliphein Gamma Centauri, Gamma Canis Majoris
Muphrid (or Mufrid) Eta Bootis ...
 See also: Star, Andromeda, Sky, Sun, Constellation
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