M32

E100923

astronomical object dwarf elliptical galaxy satellite galaxy

M32 is a compact dwarf elliptical galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
M32 canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical object ⓘ dwarf elliptical galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV	about −16.5 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Messier 32 ⓘ NGC 221 ⓘ NGC 205 ⓘ surface form: PGC 2557 UGC 452 ⓘ
angularSize	8.7 × 6.4 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV	8.1 ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth	October ⓘ
catalog	Messier catalogue ⓘ New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber	M32 ⓘ NGC 221 ⓘ
centralBlackHoleMass	about 2.5 million solar masses ⓘ
declination	+40° 51′ 55″ ⓘ
discoveredBy	Guillaume Le Gentil ⓘ
discoveryYear	1749 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth	about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ about 770 kiloparsecs ⓘ
galaxyType	elliptical ⓘ
hasGlobularClusters	few ⓘ
hasNucleus	compact ⓘ
hasStarFormation	very low current star formation ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation	predominantly old stars ⓘ
hasSupermassiveBlackHole	true ⓘ
hostGalaxyGroup	Andromeda subgroup ⓘ surface form: Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group
includedBy	Charles Messier ⓘ
interactionWith	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isCompact	true ⓘ
isTidalStripped	likely ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ surface form: Andromeda
memberOf	Local Group ⓘ
messierListNumber	32 ⓘ
morphologicalType	cE2 ⓘ
nearSkyNeighbor	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ NGC 205 ⓘ
observedInWavelength	X-ray ⓘ infrared ⓘ optical ⓘ
orbits	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
radialVelocity	about −205 km/s ⓘ
redshift	−0.000459 ⓘ
rightAscension	00h 42m 41.8s ⓘ
satelliteOf	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surfaceBrightness	high ⓘ
visibleFrom	Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Group → contains → M32 ⓘ

Andromeda Galaxy → hasSatelliteGalaxy → M32 ⓘ

LG → containsGalaxy → M32 ⓘ

NGC 224 → hasSatelliteGalaxy → M32 ⓘ

Andromeda subgroup → hasMember → M32 ⓘ