Messier 32

Messier 32 (also known as NGC 221 ) is a dwarf elliptical galaxy with dimensions of 9.1 '× 6.6 ' and the apparent brightness of 8.1 mag in the constellation Andromeda.

M 32 is a companion of the Andromeda galaxy (M 31) and thus part of the local group. Messier M 32 is 2.3 million light years away, has a diameter of about 8000 light years away and has a mass of about 3 billion solar masses. Near the center of M 32 are each Kubikparsec star densities as in the central region of the Andromeda galaxy obtained with 5000 suns. Also the size of the central region is similar to the central region of the Andromeda galaxy with 100 million solar masses.

Messier 32 was discovered on October 29, 1749 by the French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil.

Andromeda (constellation) Declination Radial velocity Light-year Messier object New General Catalogue Uppsala General Catalogue Catalogue of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies Morphological Catalogue of Galaxies IRAS Messier 110 List of NGC objects NGC 206 NGC 210 NGC 225 NGC 246 Triangulum Galaxy NGC 185 NGC 147 Andromeda I Andromeda II Andromeda III Andromeda V Andromeda VIII Andromeda IX Andromeda X Andromeda XI
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