NGC 224

E110378
Andromeda Galaxy Local Group galaxy Messier object barred spiral galaxy spiral galaxy

NGC 224 is the Andromeda Galaxy, a massive spiral galaxy and the closest major galactic neighbor to the Milky Way.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 224 canonical 4

Statements (87)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
Local Group galaxy ⓘ
Messier object ⓘ
barred spiral galaxy ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV −21.5 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Andromeda Nebula

Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: M31

Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Messier 31
apparentMagnitudeV 3.4 ⓘ
apparentSize about 3.2° × 1° ⓘ
belongsTo Virgo Supercluster ⓘ
bestViewingMonth October ⓘ
catalogCode Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: M31

NGC 224 self-link ⓘ
cataloguedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
cataloguedDate 1764 ⓘ
centralBlackHoleMass about 1.4×10^8 solar masses ⓘ
constellation Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: Andromeda
declination +41° 16′ 9″ ⓘ
diameter about 220,000 light-years ⓘ
discoveredBy Al-Sufi ⓘ
surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
discoveryDate 964 CE ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
about 780 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWay about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
estimatedCollisionTimeWithMilkyWay about 4–5 billion years ⓘ
firstTelescopicObservationBy Simon Marius ⓘ
firstTelescopicObservationDate 1612 ⓘ
galaxyType SA(s)b ⓘ
Sb ⓘ
groupMembership Local Group ⓘ
hasCentralBlackHole yes ⓘ
hasDustLanes yes ⓘ
hasGlobularClusterSystem yes ⓘ
hasSatelliteGalaxy Andromeda I ⓘ
Andromeda II ⓘ
Andromeda III ⓘ
Andromeda IV ⓘ
Andromeda IX ⓘ
Andromeda V ⓘ
Andromeda VI ⓘ
Andromeda VII ⓘ
Andromeda X ⓘ
Andromeda XI ⓘ
Andromeda XII ⓘ
Andromeda XIII ⓘ
Andromeda XIV ⓘ
Andromeda XIX ⓘ
Andromeda XV ⓘ
Andromeda XVI ⓘ
Andromeda XVII ⓘ
Andromeda XVIII ⓘ
Andromeda XX ⓘ
Andromeda XXI ⓘ
Andromeda XXII ⓘ
Andromeda XXIII ⓘ
Andromeda XXIV ⓘ
Andromeda XXIX ⓘ
Andromeda XXV ⓘ
Andromeda XXVI ⓘ
Andromeda XXVII ⓘ
Andromeda XXVIII ⓘ
Andromeda XXX ⓘ
M110 ⓘ
M32 ⓘ
NGC 205 ⓘ
hasSpiralArms yes ⓘ
hasStarFormationRegions yes ⓘ
includedInCatalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
surface form: Messier Catalogue
isNakedEyeObject yes ⓘ
majorAxisAngularSize about 3.2 degrees ⓘ
mass about 1.5×10^12 solar masses ⓘ
minorAxisAngularSize about 1 degree ⓘ
nearestMajorGalaxyTo Milky Way ⓘ
numberOfGlobularClusters about 450 ⓘ
numberOfStars about 1 trillion ⓘ
orientation inclined about 77° to line of sight ⓘ
radialVelocity −301 km/s ⓘ
radius about 110,000 light-years ⓘ
redshift −0.001001 ⓘ
rightAscension 00h 42m 44.3s ⓘ
stellarMass about 1×10^11 solar masses ⓘ
surfaceBrightnessClass II ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
willCollideWith Milky Way ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Andromeda Galaxy → alsoKnownAs → NGC 224 ⓘ
New General Catalogue → notableObjectExample → NGC 224 ⓘ
NGC 224 → catalogCode → NGC 224 self-link ⓘ
M31* → hostGalaxyNGCNumber → NGC 224 ⓘ