M31-V1

Translingual

Etymology

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

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.
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