Cosmic Exploration · galaxy
M32
Compact elliptical · 2.65 million ly
- Morphology
- Compact elliptical
- Mass
- 5.967e+39
- Type
- Galaxy
- Dec (deg)
- 40.86517
- Distance from Earth
- 2650000
- Diameter (ly)
- 6500
- Notes
- A rare compact elliptical: extraordinarily dense, and probably the stripped core of a larger galaxy that Andromeda has already eaten.
- RA (deg)
- 10.67427
- Subgroup
- Andromeda
- Coordinates
- 00h 42m 41.8s +40° 51′ 54.6″ · M 32 via Sc
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