NU AND (Nu Andromedae). Not all that bright, just over the edge into fifth magnitude (4.52), and without any sort of proper name, Nu Andromedae still has a number of things to recommend it, including mystery.
File:Vishnu and Lakshmi on Shesha Naga, ca 1870.jpgThe Ocean of Milk in Hindu mythology is the place where 13 precious treasures were lost. The gods and demons worked together for a millennium churning the sea to free them....
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The pair Nu and Xi Ursae Majoris are called Alula Borealis and Alula Australis. The word Alula comes from an Arabic phrase meaning ‘first leap'; the distinctions ‘northern' (Borealis) and ‘southern' (Australis) are added in Latin.
Einstein hypothesized that the rate R_{ji} for a system to absorb a photon of frequency nu and transition from a lower energy E_{j} to a higher energy E_{i} was proportional to the number N_{j} of molecules with energy E_{j} and to the number density ...
The other leg is formed by stars beta Andromedae, mu Andromedae, nu Andromedae, phi Andromedae, and 51 Andromedae.
Arabs associated the three pairs of stars marking the bear's feet - [8328] nu and [8335] xi, [8327] lambda and [8322] mu, [8323] iota and [8329] kappa Ursae Majoris - with the tracks of a gazelle, while the Chinese called them Santai, ...
[14] After negotiations, the heqin agreement in 198 BCE nominally held the leaders of the Xiongnu and the Han as equal partners in a royal marriage alliance, but the Han were forced to send large amounts of tribute items like silk clothes, food, ...
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