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Why was Andromeda placed in the sky?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

In Greek myth this was done by Athena; she was placed in the northern sky, near Perseus and Cassiopeia; the constellation Andromeda, so known since antiquity, is named after her.

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