Andromeda galaxy Comparison Table

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Andromeda galaxy comparison table

Subject has purpose is part of is a kind of has catalog has classification criterion has number of star is an instance of has synonym has mass has image has definition has distance has NED data

galaxy containing Cepheids galaxy galaxy catalog 10⁶ to 10¹² determined from Cepheid period-luminosity relation

hypergalaxy collection of galaxies catalog about star systems A system consisting of a dominant spiral galaxy surrounded by a cloud of dwarf satellite galaxies, often ellipticals.

Messier object originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet celestial sphere celestial body Messier catalog an object assigned a number by Charles Messier from Earth

naked eye object physical object a physical object visible to the unnaided human eye

Sb spiral spiral galaxy galaxy catalog Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral. 10⁶ to 10¹² 10¹⁰ to 10¹² M_sun Spiral galaxy with arms spread out from the nucleus.

Andromeda galaxy originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet celestial sphere Messier catalog Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral. 10⁶ to 10¹² Messier object M 31 10¹⁰ to 10¹² M_sun The largest member of the local group. It is a giant spiral galaxy that lies 2.4 million light-years away. determined from Cepheid period-luminosity relation

Subject	has purpose	is part of	is a kind of	has catalog	has classification criterion	has number of star	is an instance of	has synonym	has mass	has image	has definition	has distance	has NED data
galaxy containing Cepheids			galaxy	galaxy catalog		10⁶ to 10¹²						determined from Cepheid period-luminosity relation
hypergalaxy			collection of galaxies	catalog about star systems							A system consisting of a dominant spiral galaxy surrounded by a cloud of dwarf satellite galaxies, often ellipticals.
Messier object	originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet	celestial sphere	celestial body	Messier catalog							an object assigned a number by Charles Messier	from Earth
naked eye object			physical object								a physical object visible to the unnaided human eye
Sb spiral			spiral galaxy	galaxy catalog	Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral.	10⁶ to 10¹²			10¹⁰ to 10¹² M_sun		Spiral galaxy with arms spread out from the nucleus.
Andromeda galaxy	originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet	celestial sphere		Messier catalog	Subdivided according to the openness of the spiral arms as Sa spiral, Sb spiral or Sc spiral.	10⁶ to 10¹²	Messier object	M 31	10¹⁰ to 10¹² M_sun		The largest member of the local group. It is a giant spiral galaxy that lies 2.4 million light-years away.	determined from Cepheid period-luminosity relation

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