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Gáláksì Andromẹ́dà

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Gáláksì Andromẹ́dà
Gáláksì Andromẹ́dà
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Pronunciationplay /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 42m 44.3s[1]
Declination+41° 16′ 9″[1]
Redshiftz = −0.001
(minus sign
indicates blueshift)
Helio radial velocity−301 ± 1 km/s[2]
Distance2.54 ± 0.06 Mly
(778 ± 17 kpc)[2][3][4][5][6][lower-alpha 1]
TypeSA(s)b[1]
Mass~1 × 1012[2][7] M
Number of stars1 trillion (1012)[8]
Apparent dimensions (V)190′ × 60′[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)3.44[9][10]
Absolute magnitude (V)−20.0[lower-alpha 2][4]
Other designations
M31, NGC 224, UGC 454, PGC 2557, 2C 56 (Core),[1] LEDA 2557
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

Gáláksì Andromẹ́dà ( /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/) ni gáláksì alọ́ra tó fi bíi ọdún-ìtànmọ̀lẹ̀ 2.5 mílíọ̀nù (2.4 × 1019 km) jìnnà sí Ayé[4] tó sì wà ní iṣúpọ̀-ìràwọ̀ Andromeda. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, but not the closest galaxy overall. It gets its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which was named after the mythological princess Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 30 other smaller galaxies. Although the largest, the Andromeda Galaxy may not be the most massive, as recent findings suggest that the Milky Way contains more dark matter and could be the most massive in the grouping.[11] The 2006 observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope revealed that M31 contains one trillion (1012) stars:[8] at least twice the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, which is estimated to be 200–400 billion.[12]



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