The Andromeda Nebula

GPTKB entity

Statements (85)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Andromeda_Galaxy
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 3.44
gptkbp:collisionTimeEstimate about 4.5 billion years
gptkbp:contains gptkb:NGC_206
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkbp:declination +41° 16′ 9″
gptkbp:designation gptkb:Messier_31
gptkb:NGC_224
gptkbp:diameter about 220,000 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi
gptkbp:discoveredIn 964
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 2.5 million light-years
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Isaac_Roberts
gptkbp:firstPhotographedYear 1887
gptkbp:galacticLatitude l = 121.174°, b = -21.573°
gptkbp:hasCepheidVariables true
gptkbp:hasDustLanes true
gptkbp:hasGlobularClusters about 460
gptkbp:hasInfraredSources true
gptkbp:hasMoon gptkb:NGC_206
gptkb:NGC_221
gptkb:NGC_205
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkbp:hasPlanetaryNebulae true
gptkbp:hasRadioSources true
gptkbp:hasStarFormationRegions true
gptkbp:hasSupermassiveBlackHole true
about 100 million solar masses
gptkbp:hasSupernovaRemnants true
gptkbp:hasUltravioletSources true
gptkbp:hasXRaySources true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Andromeda Nebula
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Andromeda_constellation
gptkbp:mass about 1.5 trillion solar masses
gptkbp:nearestMajorGalaxyTo gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Group
gptkbp:radialVelocity -301 km/s
gptkbp:rating about 1 trillion
gptkbp:rightAscension 00h 42m 44.3s
gptkbp:satelliteGalaxies gptkb:Andromeda_I
gptkb:Andromeda_II
gptkb:Andromeda_III
gptkb:Andromeda_IV
gptkb:Andromeda_IX
gptkb:Andromeda_V
gptkb:Andromeda_VI
gptkb:Andromeda_VII
gptkb:Andromeda_VIII
gptkb:Andromeda_X
gptkb:Andromeda_XI
gptkb:Andromeda_XII
gptkb:Andromeda_XIII
gptkb:Andromeda_XIV
gptkb:Andromeda_XIX
gptkb:Andromeda_XV
gptkb:Andromeda_XVI
gptkb:Andromeda_XVII
gptkb:Andromeda_XVIII
gptkb:Andromeda_XX
gptkb:Andromeda_XXI
gptkb:Andromeda_XXII
gptkb:Andromeda_XXIII
gptkb:Andromeda_XXIV
gptkb:Andromeda_XXIX
gptkb:Andromeda_XXV
gptkb:Andromeda_XXVI
gptkb:Andromeda_XXVII
gptkb:Andromeda_XXVIII
gptkb:Andromeda_XXX
gptkb:M32
gptkb:M110
gptkb:Cassiopeia_Dwarf
gptkb:Lacerta_I
gptkb:Pegasus_Dwarf
gptkb:Perseus_I
gptkb:Pisces_Dwarf
Triangulum Galaxy (possible)
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye true
gptkbp:willCollideWith gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ludmila_Chursina
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6