M31

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.44
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Messier
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:NGC_224
gptkb:PGC_2557
gptkb:UGC_454
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Andromeda
gptkbp:declination +41° 16′ 9″
gptkbp:diameter 220,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:discoveredIn 964
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 2.537 million light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:firstPhotographedYear 1887
gptkbp:futureCollisionTime ~4.5 billion years
gptkbp:futureCollisionWith gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:galacticNucleusType double nucleus
gptkbp:hasBeenObservedSince ancient times
gptkbp:hasCepheidVariables true
gptkbp:hasDarkMatterHalo true
gptkbp:hasDustLanes true
gptkbp:hasGlobularClusters over 450
gptkbp:hasHIIRegions true
gptkbp:hasNovae true
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulae true
gptkbp:hasStarFormationRegions true
gptkbp:hasStellarStreams true
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole true
gptkbp:hasSupernovaRemnants true
gptkbp:hasTidalTails true
gptkbp:hasXRaySources true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M31
gptkbp:infraredLuminosity 3.6×10^10 L☉
gptkbp:isApproachingMilkyWay true
gptkbp:isLargestInLocalGroup true
gptkbp:isSpiralGalaxy true
gptkbp:mass 1.5×10^12 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity 0.0134
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:radialVelocity -301 km/s
gptkbp:rating 1 trillion
gptkbp:rightAscension 00h 42m 44.3s
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:NGC_147
gptkb:NGC_185
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkbp:type SA(s)b
gptkbp:ultravioletLuminosity 1.1×10^9 L☉
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Adeptus_Mechanicus
gptkb:MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5