M110, NGC 205
noirlab_noao-m110 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M110 is the second small companion (along with M32) to our sister galaxy, M31, the Andromeda Nebula. It is classified as type E5 or E6, often with the additional "p" for peculiar because of the structure clearly visible in this short exposure image, which is probably due to dust clouds. Because of its small size, it is usually counted as a dwarf spheroidal rather than a normal elliptical. Although it was definitely discovered by Messier and sketched by him, it was not included in his list (perhaps due to carelessness), and was the last object to be added (in 1966). The present picture is a color composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona. A deeper exposure showing more of the outer regions of the galaxy appears in this picture of all three of M31, M32 and M110.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m110/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
- ID
- noao-m110
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M110, NGC 205
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:55
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m110/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 10.12698193, 41.73013112
- Reference Dimension
- 1700.0, 2000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 716.2328186, 1225.367683
- Scale
- -0.000189, 0.000189
- Rotation
- 0.1345116879
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m110
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m110.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:33.820855
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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