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[[Alpheratz]] or [[Alpha Andromedae]] (α Andromedae, abbreviated Alpha And or α And), is a bright star 97 light-years from the Sun and is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda when Beta Andromedae undergoes its periodical dimming. Immediately northeast of the constellation of [[Pegasus]], it is the upper left star of the [[Great Square of Pegasus]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheratz Apheratz]</ref> | [[Alpheratz]] or [[Alpha Andromedae]] (α Andromedae, abbreviated Alpha And or α And), is a bright star 97 light-years from the Sun and is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda when Beta Andromedae undergoes its periodical dimming. Immediately northeast of the constellation of [[Pegasus]], it is the upper left star of the [[Great Square of Pegasus]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpheratz Apheratz]</ref> | ||
==Algenib== | |||
[[File:1140x641.jpg|thumb|Algenib <ref>[https://starwalk.space/en/news/november-constellations-and-stars starwalk.space]</ref>]] | |||
[[Algenib]], is the fourth brightest star in the constellation of [[Pegasus]], the celestial winged-horse. Algenib is also one of the four stars that comprise the [[Great Square of Pegasus]] asterism. | |||
[[Algenib]] is the faintest out of the four stars that make up this asterism, the other three stars are [[Markab]] (Alpha Pegasi), [[Scheat]] (Beta Pegasi), and [[Alpheratz]] (Alpha Andromedae). It would be much brighter, but it has to be noted that Algenib is also the farthest star in this asterism, and it is the most massive and largest of all four. Algenib is larger and more massive than our Sun, having 8.9 solar masses, or 890% of our Sun’s mass, and 4.80 solar radii, or 480% of our Sun’s radius. It is thus more than 10 times bigger than our Sun..<ref>[https://nineplanets.org/algenib/ nineplanets]</ref> | |||
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