Andromeda Galaxy

E19954

Local Group member barred spiral galaxy galaxy spiral galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and is on a collision course to eventually merge with it.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Andromeda Galaxy canonical	93
M31	15
Andromeda	6
Messier 31	4
Andromeda Nebula	2
Andromeda Galaxy as a nebulous object	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Local Group member ⓘ barred spiral galaxy ⓘ galaxy ⓘ spiral galaxy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ surface form: Andromeda Nebula Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ surface form: M31 Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ surface form: Messier 31 NGC 224 ⓘ
angularSize_degrees	about 3.2 by 1 ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V	about 3.4 ⓘ
cataloguedBy	Charles Messier ⓘ
centralBlackHoleMass_solarMasses	about 100 million ⓘ
centralBlackHoleName	M31* ⓘ
contains	supermassive black hole ⓘ
declination_J2000	+41° 16′ 9″ ⓘ
diameter_ly	about 220,000 ⓘ
discoveredBy	unknown ancient observers ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly	about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWay_ly	about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
expectedMergerWithMilkyWay_years	about 4–5 billion years ⓘ
firstRecordedBy	Al-Sufi ⓘ surface form: Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
firstRecordedYear	964 ⓘ
galacticLatitude_deg	−21.6 ⓘ
galacticLongitude_deg	121.2 ⓘ
hasComponent	bulge ⓘ globular cluster system ⓘ halo ⓘ stellar disk ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	SA(s)b ⓘ
hasSatelliteGalaxy	M110 ⓘ M32 ⓘ NGC 205 ⓘ
hasSpiralArms	yes ⓘ
isLargestGalaxyIn	Local Group ⓘ
isNearestLargeSpiralTo	Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Andromeda Galaxy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Andromeda
messierNumber	31 ⓘ
movingToward	Milky Way ⓘ
neighborOf	Milky Way ⓘ
ngcNumber	224 ⓘ
numberOfGlobularClusters	about 450 ⓘ
onCollisionCourseWith	Milky Way ⓘ
partOf	Local Group ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_per_s	about −300 ⓘ
redshift_z	about −0.001001 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000	00h 42m 44.3s ⓘ
stellarMass_solarMasses	about 1 trillion ⓘ
totalMass_solarMasses	about 1.5 trillion ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye	yes ⓘ

Referenced by (121)

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

Milky Way → neighborOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Local Group → contains → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Local Group → isDominatedBy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda Galaxy → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

Andromeda Galaxy → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messier 31

Andromeda Galaxy → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda Nebula

Andromeda Galaxy → locatedInConstellation → Andromeda Galaxy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda

Triangulum Galaxy → companionOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Baade’s star → locatedIn → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Baade’s star → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

Andromeda IV → locatedNear → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda IV → constellation → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda

M32 → orbits → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M32 → satelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M32 → locatedInConstellation → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda

M32 → interactionWith → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M32 → nearSkyNeighbor → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M110 → satelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M110 → isNearestBrightCompanionOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda I → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

Andromeda I → belongsToSatelliteSystemOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda I → isSatelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda I → isGravitationallyBoundTo → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

LG → containsGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

LG → dominantMembers → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

LG → AndromedaSubgroup → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Messier catalogue → contains → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messier 31

Messier catalogue → notableObjectExample → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Charles Messier → cataloged → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messier 31

Andromeda III → satelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda III → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Al-Sufi → recognized → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda Galaxy as a nebulous object

Andromeda V → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda V → satelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

New General Catalogue → NGC224CommonName → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

Andromeda VI → satelliteOf → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

Andromeda VI → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

NGC 224 → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

NGC 224 → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Messier 31

NGC 224 → alsoKnownAs → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda Nebula

NGC 224 → catalogCode → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

NGC 224 → constellation → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda

M31* → locatedIn → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M31* → hostGalaxy → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

M31* → hostGalaxyMessierNumber → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: M31

M31* → hostGalaxyConstellation → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda

NGC 205 → locatedInConstellation → Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andromeda