In 1950 it was combined with " War of Nerves " ( 1950 ), " Discord in Scarlet " ( 1939 ) and " M33 in Andromeda " ( 1943 ) to form the novel The Voyage of the Space Beagle ( 1950 ).

Alcmene was born to Electryon ( or Alcaeus, Perseus and Andromeda's son ), the son of Perseus and Andromeda, and king of Tiryns and Mycenae or Medea in Argolis.

Andromeda is the daughter of an Aethiopian king in Greek mythology who, as divine punishment for her mother's bragging, the Boast of Cassiopeia, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster aroused by the queen's hubris.

In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of the kingdom Aethiopia.

After he happened upon the chained Andromeda, he approached Cetus while invisible ( for he was wearing Hades's helm ), and killed the sea monster.

From the Renaissance onward the chained nude figure of Andromeda typically was the centre of interest, and often she was shown alone, fearfully awaiting the monster.

Andromeda was portrayed by Alexa Davalos.

In the Japanese anime Saint Seiya the character, Shun, represents the Andromeda constellation using chains as his main weapons, reminiscent of Andromeda being chained before she was saved by Perseus.

In order to attain the Andromeda Cloth, he was chained between two large pillars of rock and he had to overcome the chains before the tide came in and killed him, also reminiscent of this myth.

A. E. van Vogt used the idea as a plot device in his story " M33 in Andromeda " ( 1943 ), which was later combined with the three other Space Beagle stories to became the novel, The Voyage of the Space Beagle.

It is often now called the Whale, though it is most strongly associated with Cetus the sea-monster, who was slain by Perseus as he saved the princess Andromeda from Poseidon's wrath.

The Andromeda Galaxy was independently rediscovered by Simon Marius in 1612.

In 1917, Heber Curtis had observed a nova S Andromedae within the " Great Andromeda Nebula " ( as the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier object M31, was known ).

To support his claim that the Great Andromeda Nebula was an external galaxy, Curtis noted the appearance of dark lanes resembling the dust clouds in the Milky Way, as well as the significant Doppler shift.

The Andromeda Galaxy, for instance, was referred to as the Andromeda Nebula before galaxies were discovered by Edwin Hubble.

Among these, the Book of Fixed Stars ( 964 ) was written by the Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, who observed a number of stars, star clusters ( including the Omicron Velorum and Brocchi's Clusters ) and galaxies ( including the Andromeda Galaxy ).

" A come Andromeda " ( 1972 ) was a remake of 1962 BBC miniseries ( from the novels of Hoyle and Elliott ).

Perseus married Andromeda and had many sons but in the course of time went to war with Argos and was slain by Megapenthes.

His observations of stars showed that their spectra consisted of a continuum with many dark lines superimposed on them, and he later found that many nebulous objects such as the Andromeda Nebula ( as it was then known ) had spectra which were quite similar to this — these nebulae were later shown to be galaxies.

In 1971, The Andromeda Strain was the basis for the film of the same name directed by Robert Wise, and featuring Arthur Hill as Stone, James Olson as Hall, Kate Reid as Leavitt ( changed to a female character, Ruth Leavitt ), and David Wayne as Dutton ( Burton in the novel ).

She portrayed the title role in the Canadian-American television series Andromeda which premiered on October 2, 2000, and concluded on May 13, 2005, after 5 seasons that included 110 episodes.

She also landed the title role in Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's series Andromeda where she portrayed the Andromeda Ascendant ship's computer in three dimensions-as the ship's powerful AI ( artificial intelligence ), as the AI's hologram on the system's screen, and as Rommie, the android avatar of the AI.

Lisa Ryder ( born 26 October 1970 ) is a Canadian actress, who portrayed the role of Beka Valentine on the science fiction television series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.

Andromeda is represented in the northern sky by the constellation Andromeda, which contains the Andromeda Galaxy.

Andromeda has been the subject of numerous ancient and modern works of art, including, Andromeda Chained to the Rocks ( Rembrandt ), one of Titian's poesies ( Wallace Collection ), and compositions by Joachim Wtewael ( Louvre ), Veronese ( Rennes ), Rubens, Ingres, and Gustave Moreau.

* Chimera ( Andromeda album ), a 2006 album by Swedish progressive metal band Andromeda

* Hotel Andromeda by, Ace, 1994 ( ISBN 0-441-00010-X )

Initially created for Sierra On-Line by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy ( who called themselves the " Two Guys from Andromeda "), the games parodied both science fiction properties such as Star Wars and Star Trek ( the theme song itself is a parody of the Star Wars theme ), as well as pop-culture phenomena from McDonald's to Microsoft.

Also going by the name Arrivederci Yamato, Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, set in the year 2201, shows the Yamato crew going up against the White Comet Empire, a mobile city fortress called Gatlantis, from the Andromeda Galaxy.

The Soviet writer Ivan Efremov produced during the " Thaw " period the science-fiction utopia Andromeda ( 1957 ) in which a united humanity communicates with a galaxy-wide Great Circle and develops its technology and culture within a social framework characterized by vigorous competition between alternative philosophies.

* August 19 – S Andromedae, the only supernova seen in the Andromeda Galaxy so far by astronomers, and the first ever noted outside the Milky Way, is discovered.

The Andromeda Strain ( 1969 ), by Michael Crichton, is a techno-thriller novel documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism that rapidly and fatally clots human blood, while in other people inducing insanity.

Calibos ( Neil McCarthy ), son of the sea goddess Thetis ( Maggie Smith ), is a young man engaged to marry Princess Andromeda ( Judi Bowker ), the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia ( Siân Phillips ) and heir to the rich city of Joppa ; but has destroyed Zeus's sacred flying horses ( excepting only Pegasus ).

* Judi Bowker as Andromeda

The 1981 film Clash of the Titans retells the story of Perseus, Andromeda, and Cassiopeia, but makes a few changes ( notably Cassiopeia boasts that her daughter is more beautiful than Thetis as opposed to the Nereids as a group ).

Andromeda also features in the 2010 film Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 version.

In the 1970s, he directed such films as The Andromeda Strain, The Hindenburg, the horror film Audrey Rose, and the first Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Her film roles include villainous Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Helen in An Education, Lisa in Made in Dagenham, Miriam Grant-Panofsky in Barney's Version, Kate Sumner in Johnny English Reborn and Andromeda in Wrath of the Titans.

She appeared as Andromeda in the 2012 film release of Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans ( 2010 ), featuring Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson.

Silent Running is a 1972 environmentally-themed American science fiction film starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull, who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on science fiction films including 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain.

The draft script included scenes which the BBFC considered would not be acceptable under those certificates, including the Kraken tearing Pegasus to pieces and Andromeda being naked during the climax of the film.

Kelly's film credits include the Bob Fosse-directed film Sweet Charity ; Soylent Green ; The Spook Who Sat By The Door ; The Andromeda Strain ; Uptown Saturday Night ; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling ; Drop Squad ; and Once Upon A Time.

Having returned to Hollywood, Trumbull set up his own company and subsequently bid on the job to produce special effects for the science-fiction film The Andromeda Strain.

Trumbull's participation and success on " Andromeda " set him up to direct the 1971 film Silent Running, with a script based on his original treatment: America's last great forests are preserved and sent into space inside huge geodesic domes, in the hope that one day they can be returned to an earth that can once again sustain them.

* A secret underground biological testing facility in both the book The Andromeda Strain and the film made from the book

His film credits span 125 motion pictures including My Sweet Charlie, That Certain Summer, The Savage is Loose, The Andromeda Strain, Starship Invasions, The Judge and Jake Wyler, several Columbo TV movies, Frankenstein: The True Story, The Six Million Dollar Man, Night Gallery and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Wayne was also noted for his portrayal of Dr. Charles Dutton in the 1971 film version of Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain.

** The Andromeda Nebula, Russian 1967 science fiction film based on Andromeda

* The 1971 film Andromeda Strain featured scientists and locals battling a seemingly intelligent pathogen of extraterrestrial origin which undergoes rapid evolution.

* The Andromeda Nebula, a 1967 Russian film based on the above novel

She made her acting debut in a 2000 episode of the television series Dark Angel, and spent the next several years appearing in television roles, including episodes of The Chris Isaak Show, Black Sash, Jake 2. 0, Smallville, Tru Calling, Life as We Know It, Andromeda, Heroes, and in the made-for-television film Call Me: the Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss.

His most well-known film score was The Andromeda Strain, whose director, Robert Wise, later directed Star Trek: The Motion Picture.