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| Sb spiral comparison table | ||||||||||
| Subject | has number of galaxie | has number of Cepheid | has synonym | has discovery date | has image | has definition | has distance | has discoverer | has NED data | has Messier number |
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| Andromeda galaxy | M 31 |  | 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 | ||||||
| M 81 | NGC 3031 | 1774 |  | A giant spiral galaxy 11 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It rules the M81 group, the second nearest galaxy group to the Local Group. | from Earth | Johan Elert Bode | 81 |
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