M110

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M110 is a dwarf elliptical satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.

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M110 canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object
NGC object
dwarf elliptical galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −16
addedToMessierCatalogueBy Charles Messier
alsoKnownAs M 110
Messier 110
NGC 205
angularSize 21.9′ × 11.0′
apparentMagnitudeV 8.9
appearsNear Andromeda Galaxy in the sky
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup
surface form: Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group
catalogueDesignation NGC 205
surface form: PGC 2557

UGC 426
constellation Andromeda
declination +41° 41′ 07″
discoveredBy Giovanni Battista Hodierna
discoveryYear before 1654
distanceFromEarth_kpc about 820 kpc
distanceFromEarth_ly about 2.7 million light-years
epoch J2000
hasDustLanes faint central dust lanes
hasGlobularClusters true
hasNucleus weak or absent central nucleus
hasStellarPopulation intermediate-age stars
old stars
hasTidalFeatures possible tidal distortions from Andromeda Galaxy
isNearestBrightCompanionOf Andromeda Galaxy
isNonStarformingGalaxy mostly quiescent
isVisibleWith small amateur telescopes
locatedIn Local Volume
mass on the order of 10^9 solar masses
memberOf Local Group
messierCatalogueAdditionYear 1967
metallicity relatively metal-rich for a dwarf galaxy
morphologicalType dE5
numberOfGlobularClusters_estimate about 8
observedInWavelength infrared
optical
radio
orbitsWithin halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
radialVelocity about −241 km/s
rightAscension 00h 40m 22s
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
showsDustFeatures true
showsRecentStarFormation limited
surfaceBrightnessProfile smooth

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