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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 ]
NGC 226 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 216 million light-years from the Sun [2] in the constellation Andromeda. It was discovered on December 21, 1786, by William Herschel. [3] According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 226 is a member of the NGC 315 Group (also known as LGG 14).
HD 895 is a multiple star system in the constellation Andromeda.Its apparent magnitude is 6.277, [2] so it can be seen by the naked eye under very favourable conditions. Based on parallax measured by Hipparcos, the system is located around 54 parsecs (180 ly) away, [4] and it is made of two different spectroscopic binary pairs.
NGC 662 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5,397 ± 18 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 79.6 ± 5.6 Mpc (~260 million light-years). [1] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 22 November 1884. [2]
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 512, also occasionally referred to as PGC 5132 or UGC 944, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. [2] It is located approximately 217 million light-years from the Solar System [ 4 ] and was discovered on 17 November 1827 by astronomer John Herschel .
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 .
NGC 759 is an elliptical galaxy located 230 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 759 was discovered by astronomer by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 17, 1865. [ 3 ] It is a member of Abell 262 .