M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Messier_31
gptkb:NGC_224
gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.44
gptkbp:catalogueDate 1764
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:collisionTimeEstimate ~4.5 billion years
gptkbp:contains supernova remnants
globular clusters
open clusters
planetary nebulae
gptkbp:declination +41° 16′ 9″
gptkbp:diameter 220,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:discoveredIn 964 CE
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 2.537 million light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographDate 1887
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:futureCollisionWith gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:galacticLatitude -21.573°
121.174°
gptkbp:galaxyType gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole present
~140 million solar masses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
gptkbp:HubbleClassification SA(s)b
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Andromeda_constellation
gptkbp:mass 1.5×10^12 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] ≈ -0.7
gptkbp:notableFeature star-forming regions
dust lanes
stellar streams
double nucleus
satellite galaxies
extended halo
gptkbp:notableSupernova SN 1885A
gptkbp:notableSupernovaDate 1885
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:radialVelocity -301 km/s
gptkbp:rating ~1 trillion
gptkbp:redshift -0.001001
gptkbp:rightAscension 00h 42m 44.3s
gptkbp:rotationPeriod ~220 million years
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:NGC_221
gptkb:NGC_205
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messier_catalogue
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6