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Arquebisbat de Florència

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Arquebisbat de Florència Archidioecesis Florentina Arcidiocesi di Firenze Vista de la Catedral de Santa Maria del Fiore, seu de l'arxidiòcesi Localització País Itàlia Territori Florència Província eclesiàstica Toscana Diòcesis sufragànies Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Fiesole, Pistoia, Prato, San Miniato Subdivisions 3 vicariats (Urbà, Suburbà i Perifèric) Coordenades 43° 47′ 0″ N, 11° 15′ 0″ E Geografia Àrea 2,205 km² Població - Total - Catòlics (any 2006) 888,237 815.000  (91.8%) Parròquies 318 Altres dades Ritus Romà Establiment Segle I Catedral Santa Maria del Fiore Sant patró Sant Cenobi Antonino Pierozzi Sacerdots diocesans 724 Lideratge actual Papa Francesc Arquebisbe metropolità Giuseppe Betori Bisbe Auxiliar Claudio Maniago Bisbe emèrit cardenal Silvano Piovanelli, cardenal Ennio Antonelli Mapa En vermell apareix el territori de l'arxidiòcesi Lloc...

Beta Andromedae (Mirach) and distances mentioned in original Cosmos series from 1980

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1 $begingroup$ In one of the episodes from Carl Sagan's show Cosmos he explains that Beta Andromedae is the second brightest star in the constellation Andromeda, and is 75 light years away. The link to the video is here. I've looked up this star on Wikipedia and it says it's the brightest star in the constellation, not the second brightest, and instead of 75 light years away it says it's about 197 light years away. I know that this show Cosmos is quite old. It aired in 1980. I understand our measurements are more accurate nowadays, but I was just wondering if anyone knew why the discrepancy with the brightest and second brightest star claims, and also that the Wikipedia article says it's 197 light years away, a difference of about 260% from the 75 light years mentioned by Sagan. That's q...