Messier 32
Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
Also known as M32 · New General Catalogue 221 · NGC 221
- Instance of
- Part of
- Local Group
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- , [CHM2007] HDC 29
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- , [CHM2007] LDC 31
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- +1 more
- Local Group
Overview
All data
71 statements · 89% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 32 catalog: Messier object
1
- PGC 2555 catalog: Principal Galaxies Catalogue
2
Sources- 1.Stated in SIMBAD
- 2.haroldcorwin.net/rc3/rc39b.csv.gzRetrieved 2018-12-28
- UGC 452 catalog: Uppsala General Catalogue
1
- 2MASX J00424182+4051546 catalog: Two Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue
1
- MCG+07-02-015 catalog: Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies
1
- IRAS 00399+4035 catalog: IRAS
1
- NGC 221 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- APG 168 catalog: Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
1
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- Z 535-16 catalog: Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
1
- Z 0039.9+4036 catalog: Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
1
- UZC J004241.8+405154 catalog: Updated Zwicky Catalog
1
- AG+40 59 catalog: Astronomische Gesellschaft Katalog
1
- BD+40 147 catalog: Durchmusterung
1
- PPM 43225 catalog: PPM Star Catalogue
1
- LEDA 2555 catalog: Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic Database
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- RX J0042.6+4052 catalog: X-ray survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud by ROSAT
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- M 32 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered by
- Guillaume Le Gentil
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Sources- 1.“NGC 221”cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2.htm#221Retrieved 2017-10-16
- Guillaume Le Gentil
- Discovered
- October 29, 1749
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Sources- 1.“NGC 221”cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc2.htm#221Retrieved 2017-10-16
- October 29, 1749
- Distance from Earth
- 2,900,000 ly
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- 0.79 Mpc
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- 2,900,000 ly
- Radius
- 4,000 ly
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- 4,000 ly
- Mass
- 3B M☉
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- 3B M☉
- Right ascension
- 10.6743 degree
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- 10.6743 degree
- Declination
- 40.8652 degree
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- 40.8652 degree
- Radial velocity
- -196 kilometre per second
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- -196 kilometre per second
- Redshift
- -0.000483
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -17 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -5 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
7 identifiers linking Messier 32 across the web's reference databases