Andromeda Galaxy
Barred spiral galaxy within the Local Group
Also known as Messier 31 · M31 · Andromeda · Andromeda Nebula
- Constellation
- Distance from Earth
- 0.82 Mpc
1
- 0.82 Mpc
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.44
1
- , 4.86
1
- , 4.36
1
- +3 more
- 3.44
- Galaxy morphological type
- SA(s)b
- Right ascension
- 10.6847 degree
1
- 10.6847 degree
- Declination
- 41.2688 degree
1
- 41.2688 degree
- Mass
- 800B M☉
Overview
All data
170 statements · 50% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Part of
- Local Group
2
Sources- 1.Stated in SIMBAD
- 2.Stated in The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group
- [TSK2008] 222
3
Sources- 1.Stated in SIMBAD
- 2.Stated in Our Peculiar Motion Away from the Local Void
- 3.Stated in Cosmicflows-2: the data
- M31 Group
2
Sources- 1.Stated in SIMBAD
- 2.Stated in The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group
- Local Group
- Catalog code
- M 31 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 224 catalog: New General Catalogue
2
- PGC 2557 catalog: Principal Galaxies Catalogue
1
- 2MASX J00424433+4116074 catalog: Two Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue
1
- UGC 454 catalog: Uppsala General Catalogue
1
- IRAS F00400+4059 catalog: IRAS
1
- IRAS 00400+4059 catalog: IRAS
1
- 2C 56 catalog: Second Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources
1
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- IRC +40013 catalog: Two-Micron Sky Survey
1
- RAFGL 104 catalog: Revised AFGL catalogue
1
- UZC J004244.3+411608 catalog: Updated Zwicky Catalog
1
- LEDA 2557 catalog: Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
1
- XSS J00425+4102 catalog: RXTE all-sky slew survey. Catalog of X-ray sources at |b|>10{deg}
1
- [DGW65] 4 catalog: A catalogue of discrete sources observed at 400 Mc/s
1
- 2MAXI J0043+412 catalog: The 37 month MAXI/GSC source catalog of the high galactic-latitude sky
1
- 3FGL J0042.5+4117 catalog: Fermi Large Area Telescope third source catalog
1
- 2FGL J0042.5+4114 catalog: Fermi Large Area Telescope second source catalog
1
- 33 And catalog: Flamsteed designation
- HD 3969 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
1
- PLX 124 catalog: General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
1
- PLX 124.00 catalog: General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
1
- PPM 43228 catalog: PPM Star Catalogue
1
- AG+40 60 catalog: AGK3U
1
- BD+40 148 catalog: Durchmusterung
1
- Z 535-17 catalog: Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
1
- Z 0040.0+4100 catalog: Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
1
- M 31 catalog: Messier object
- Redshift
- -0.000677
- Child astronomical body
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- Cassiopeia Dwarf
- Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
- Andromeda IV
- Andromeda VIII
- Andromeda III
- Andromeda V
- Andromeda I
- Andromeda XIX
- Andromeda XXII
- Andromeda X
- Andromeda XII
- Andromeda XIII
- Andromeda XVIII
- Andromeda XXIII
- Andromeda XI
- Andromeda XIV
- Andromeda XX
- Andromeda XXIX
- Andromeda XV
- Andromeda XVI
- Andromeda XVII
- Andromeda XXIV
- Andromeda XXV
- Andromeda XXVI
- Andromeda XXVII
- Andromeda XXVIII
- Andromeda XXX
- Andromeda XXXI
- Andromeda XXXII
- Andromeda XXXIII
- Absolute magnitude
- -21.5
- Radius
- 110,000 ly
- Radial velocity
- -300 kilometre per second
- Epoch
- J2000.0
3
Sources- 1.Stated in The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)
- 2.Stated in PPM (Positions and Proper Motions) North Star Catalogue
- 3.Stated in SIMBAD
- J2000.0
- Discovered
- January 1964
- Parallax
- 6 milliarcsecond
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.4 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -9 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
48 identifiers linking Andromeda Galaxy across the web's reference databases
- Bashenc.online ID82157
- Bing entity ID62d689d9-35aa-2d16-5d53-09427f547a1d
- BNCF Thesaurus ID77175
- Comic Vine ID4020-58645
- Cultureel Woordenboek IDnatuurkunde-scheikunde-en-sterrenkunde/andromedanevel
- Elhuyar ZTH ID135807
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID74440
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Andromeda-Galaxy
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDgalaxie-d-andromede
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)30XRqS
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)65752
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID44242
- Fandom article IDspace:Andromeda_Galaxy
- FAST ID1239892
- Freebase ID/m/0jvb4
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Andromeda_Galaxy
- GND ID4287149-9
- Golden ID (archived)Andromeda_Galaxy-89K9W
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDgalaxia-dandromeda
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0003967
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAndromedagalaksen
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1823179
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDtumannost-andromedy-bcd54e
- Harper's tagandromeda-galaxy
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID68320
- J9U entity ID987007294858305171
- JSTOR topic ID (archived)andromeda-galaxy
- KBpedia IDAndromedaGalaxy
- Lex IDAndromedagalaksen
- Library of Congress Authorities IDsh85004924
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)2778039530
- NDL Authority ID01189497
- NE.se IDandromeda
- New General Catalogue ID224
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3995649
- OpenAlex IDC2778039530
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDアンドロメダ銀河
- Principal Galaxies Catalogue ID2557
- Quora topic IDAndromeda-Galaxy-3
- RationalWiki IDAndromeda_Galaxy
- ScienceDirect topic IDphysics-and-astronomy/andromeda-galaxy
- SIMBAD IDM 31
- Startrek.com Database IDdatabase_article/andromeda-galaxy
- Unified Astronomy Thesaurus ID39
- Uppsala General Catalogue ID454
- VIAF cluster ID239579487
- Vikidia article IDfr:Andromède_(galaxie)
- Yale LUX IDconcept/be2b249e-7df2-47e9-8c68-e25145ca0a5f