nuclear star cluster of Andromeda
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The nuclear star cluster of Andromeda is the dense, compact cluster of stars surrounding the supermassive black hole at the very center of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear star cluster
ⓘ
stellar system ⓘ |
| contains |
old stars
ⓘ
stars ⓘ supermassive black hole of Andromeda ⓘ young stars ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2.5 million light-years
ⓘ
about 780 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Andromeda nuclear star cluster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M31 nuclear star cluster ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
P1
ⓘ
P2 ⓘ P3 NERFINISHED ⓘ central blue cluster ⓘ eccentric stellar disk ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment |
strong gravitational potential
ⓘ
strong tidal field ⓘ |
| hasHigh |
stellar density
ⓘ
surface brightness ⓘ |
| hasKinematicsCharacterizedBy |
high velocity dispersion
ⓘ
ordered rotation ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| is |
compact
ⓘ
dense ⓘ rotating system ⓘ |
| isCentralComponentOf | bulge of Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| isExampleOf |
galactic nucleus
ⓘ
nuclear stellar disk ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
near-infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andromeda constellation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ center of Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Hubble Space Telescope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ground-based telescopes ⓘ |
| orbits | center of mass with supermassive black hole ⓘ |
| partOf | Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralStudiesShow |
evidence for recent star formation
ⓘ
mixture of stellar populations ⓘ |
| surrounds | supermassive black hole of Andromeda ⓘ |
| usedToStudy |
dynamics near supermassive black holes
ⓘ
formation of nuclear star clusters ⓘ stellar populations in galactic centers ⓘ |
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