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Hubble's Star

Hubble's Star proper noun: m31-V1: 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.

Proper noun

Hubble's Star

  1. M31-V1: 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.
    Synonyms:
    Hubble's Variable, M31-V1

Synonyms of Hubble's Star

Origin of Hubble's Star

From Hubble (“surname”) + star. From having the variable nature of this star being discovered by Edwin Hubble. From this being a very important star in the history of astronomy, and the discovery made using it by Hubble, that the Universe contains galaxies beyond the Milky Way, and is much larger than just the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Questions about Hubble's Star

What does Hubble's Star mean?
Hubble's Star means m31-V1: 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.
What part of speech is Hubble's Star?
Hubble's Star is a proper noun.

Words near Hubble's Star in the dictionary

  1. Hubble times
  2. Hubble volume
  3. Hubble volumes
  4. Hubble's constant
  5. Hubble's law
  6. Hubble's Star
  7. Hubble's Variable
  8. hubble-bubble
  9. hubble-bubbles
  10. hubbles
  11. hubbleshow

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