Messier 110, also known as M110 or NGC 205, is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Andromeda and a satellite of the much larger Andromeda Galaxy, discovered by Charles Messier himself in 1773 but not included in his published catalogue during his own lifetime; the British astronomer Kenneth Glyn Jones added it formally in 1967. It lies roughly 2.2 million light-years from Earth, the same approximate distance as its parent galaxy, and shows faint traces of recent star formation that are unusual for a galaxy of its type.
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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1. Wikidata: Messier 110
- Wikidata Q4662, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- wikidata-q4662 Wikidata claim (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
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Messier 110, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Messier 110, or M110, also known as NGC 205, is a dwarf elliptical galaxy that is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy in the Local Group.
- In Group: Elliptical Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: E5 pec (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Elliptical Galaxies
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