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2 Andromedae, abbreviated 2 And, is a binary star [4] system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. 2 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation . It is a faint star system but visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.09. [ 3 ]
mcg +07-06-015, pgc 9222 [2] NGC 912 is a compact lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda about 197 million light years from the Milky Way . It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1878.
NGC 732 is a lenticular galaxy located 250 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by astronomer Édouard Stephan on December 5, 1883 [3] and is a member of Abell 262. [4] [5] [6]
Andromeda is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy, and one of the 88 modern constellations.Located in the northern celestial hemisphere, it is named for Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia, in the Greek myth, who was chained to a rock to be eaten by the sea monster Cetus.
NGC 80 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is currently interacting with two other barred spiral galaxies NGC 47 and NGC 68, and was discovered on August 17, 1828 by John Herschel. [5]
NGC 7686 is a moderately-sized open cluster in the constellation Andromeda, containing about 80 stars. [2] At magnitude 5.6, it is an easy target for binoculars and small telescopes. [3] According to Johnson et al. (1961), the "color-magnitude diagram shows merely a uniform scatter with no significant tendency to show a cluster main sequence ...
NGC 717 is a lenticular galaxy located 210 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Andromeda. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney on October 28, 1850 [3] and is a member of Abell 262. [4] [5] [6]
NGC 891 (also known as Caldwell 23, the Silver Sliver Galaxy, and the Outer Limits Galaxy) is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 6, 1784. [3] The galaxy is a member of the NGC 1023 group of galaxies in the Local Supercluster.