UGC 426

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UGC 426 is a dwarf elliptical satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy, more commonly known as Messier 110 (M110).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf elliptical galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV approximately -16.5
alternateName M110
Messier 110 NERFINISHED
NGC 205 NERFINISHED
angularSize approximately 21 arcminutes by 11 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV approximately 8.9
bestSeenIn small telescopes
catalog Messier catalogue NERFINISHED
NGC NERFINISHED
PGC NERFINISHED
UGC NERFINISHED
contains dust lanes
gas
globular clusters
declination +41° 41′ 07″
discoveredBy Giovanni Battista Hodierna NERFINISHED
discoveryYear before 1654
distanceFromEarth approximately 0.83 megaparsecs
approximately 2.7 million light-years
hasEnvironment dense tidal field of Andromeda Galaxy
hasMessierNumber M110 NERFINISHED
hasNGCNumber NGC 205 NERFINISHED
hasNucleus central stellar concentration
hasPGCNumber PGC 2557 NERFINISHED
hasStarFormation low current star formation rate
hasStellarPopulation intermediate-age stars
old stars
isBrighterThan most dwarf spheroidal satellites of Andromeda
isCompanionOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
isOneOf brightest dwarf companions of Andromeda Galaxy
isVisibleFrom Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
locatedIn constellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
mass on the order of 10^9 solar masses
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
morphologicalType dE5
orbitsWithin Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group NERFINISHED
radialVelocity approximately -241 km/s
recoveredBy Charles Messier NERFINISHED
recoveryYear 1773
redshift approximately -0.000804
rightAscension 00h 40m 22s
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
Messier 31 NERFINISHED
showsEvidenceOf tidal interaction with Andromeda Galaxy
surfaceBrightness low

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NGC 205 alsoKnownAs UGC 426
M110 catalogueDesignation UGC 426