M31-V1

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) +‎ V* (variable star) +‎ 1 (number 1, first). From being the first variable star identified in the Great Andromeda Nebula, by Edwin Hubble.

Proper noun[edit]

M31-V1

  1. Hubble's Variable (Hubble's Star): A star, a Cepheid variable in Andromeda Galaxy, Local Group, Local Supercluster, Laniakea, located in the Andromeda constellation; the first variable star discovered outside the Milky Way Galaxy, and first star identified whose distance was unequivocably beyond the confines of the Milky Way.