Messier 31

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:angularSize 3.167° × 1°
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.44
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:NGC_224
gptkb:M31
gptkbp:collisionTimeEstimate ~4.5 billion years
gptkbp:contains black hole
globular clusters
open clusters
dust lanes
planetary nebulae
gptkbp:declination +41° 16′ 9″
gptkbp:diameter 220,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:discoveredIn 964 AD
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 2.537 million light-years
gptkbp:expectedToCollideWith gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:firstPhotographedYear 1887
gptkbp:galacticLatitude l = 121.174°, b = -21.573°
gptkbp:hasCepheidVariables yes
gptkbp:hasDustLanes yes
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulae yes
gptkbp:hasRingStructures yes
gptkbp:hasStarFormationRegions yes
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole ~140 million solar masses
gptkbp:hasSupernovaRemnants yes
gptkbp:hasTidalStreams yes
gptkbp:hasXRaySources yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 31
gptkbp:HubbleDiscovery proved it is a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Andromeda_constellation
gptkbp:luminosity 13.5 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:mass 1.5×10^12 solar masses
gptkbp:measures extragalactic distances
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Andromeda_(mythology)
gptkbp:nearestMajorGalaxyTo gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
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:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:Messier_32
gptkb:NGC_221
gptkb:NGC_205
gptkb:Messier_110
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
SA(s)b
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkb:Andromeda_galaxy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6