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Messier 110

Also M110 · NGC 205

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A dwarf elliptical galaxy in orbit round the Andromeda Galaxy.

Measured

Distance
2.69 million light-years
Size
about 14,600 light-years across (approximate)
Constellation
Andromeda
Position (J2000)
RA 0h 40m 22s, Dec +41.69°

How far, from the Sun

2.69 million light-years. To cross it:

  • Light2.69 million years
  • Voyager 1's speed47.8 billion years
  • Driving at 100 km/h29 trillion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • Messier saw it in 1773 but never put it in his list; it was added as M110 in the 1960s.
  • It holds a few young blue stars, rare in a galaxy of its type.

Where this comes from

  • McConnachie 2012, AJ 144, 4 (824 ± 27 kpc from the Sun)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.