M31-V1
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
- 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.