STAR
Beta Andromedae
Description:	M0IIa red giant
Distance from Sol:	200 ly
Constellation:	Andromeda constellation
Bayer system name:	Beta Andromedae
Flamsteed system name:	43 Andromedae

Beta Andromedae, also known as Mirach is a star, a red giant (spectral class M0) visible from Earth (200 light-years distant) in the constellation of Andromeda.

When star-gazing from Sespe in California in the 2270s, James T. Kirk traced over the constellations until he finally found Beta Andromedae on the border of the Triangulum constellation, near where he knew the too-faint-to-be-seen Romulan homesun would be. (TOS novel: "My Enemy, My Ally")

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Stars, systems and objects of the Andromeda constellation
Andromeda Galaxy (M31 Galaxy) • Alpha Andromedae (Delta Pegasi: Alferaz A, Hajj) • Beta Andromedae (Mirach) • Gamma Andromedae (Alam'ak, Behr'ak, Czar'ak) • Groombridge 34 • Iota Andromedae • Mu Andromedae • Upsilon Andromedae

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• Beta Andromedae article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.