The Andromeda Galaxy

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Messier_31
gptkb:NGC_224
gptkb:M31
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.44
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Messier_31
gptkbp:collisionTimeEstimate about 4.5 billion years
gptkbp:contains black hole
open clusters
over 450 globular clusters
planetary nebulae
stellar streams
satellite dwarf galaxies
gptkbp:declination +41° 16′ 9″
gptkbp:diameter about 220,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:discoveredIn 964 AD
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 2.537 million light-years
gptkbp:expectedCollisionWith gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:featuredIn mythology of Andromeda
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:firstPhotographedYear 1887
gptkbp:galacticLatitude l = 121.174°, b = -21.573°
gptkbp:hasViewOf gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Andromeda Galaxy
gptkbp:largestSchoolDistrictIn gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Andromeda_constellation
gptkbp:luminosity 13.5 mag/arcmin²
gptkbp:mass about 1.5×10^12 solar masses
gptkbp:movingToward gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Andromeda_(mythological_princess)
gptkbp:notableFeature globular clusters
star-forming regions
dust lanes
double nucleus
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:Spitzer_Space_Telescope
gptkb:Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:radialVelocity -301 km/s
gptkbp:rating about 1 trillion
gptkbp:rightAscension 00h 42m 44.3s
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:NGC_221
gptkb:NGC_205
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kris_Statlander
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6