< Messier Index
Messier 110[1]
Observation data (w:J2000 epoch)
Constellation Andromeda[2]
Right ascension 00h 40m 22.1s[3]
Declination +41° 41′ 07″[3]
Type E5 pec[3]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.92[3]
Other designations
NGC 0205[3], PGC 002429[3], MCG +07-02-014[3], IRAS 00376+4124[3], LEDA 2429

Messier 110 (also known as M110 and NGC 205) is a w:dwarf elliptical galaxy that is a satellite of the w:Andromeda Galaxy.[4] M110 contains some dust and hints of recent star formation, which is unusual for dwarf elliptical galaxies in general.[4]

History

M110 was serendipitously discovered on August 10, 1773 by w:Charles Messier, who was making observations of the Andromeda Galaxy at the time.[5] The galaxy was independently discovered by w:Caroline Herschel on August 27, 1783; her brother w:William Herschel described her discovery in 1785.[5] Although the galaxy was not originally included in Messier's first catalogue, it was later added by w:Kenneth Glyn Jones in 1966.[5][6] M110 remains the last object added to the Messier catalog.

In 1999, Johnson and Modjaz discovered a w:nova in M110.[7]

References

  1. ↑ McConnachie, A. W.; Irwin, M. J.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Ibata, R. A.; Lewis, G. F.; Tanvir, N. (2005). "Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 356 (4): 979–997. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08514.x. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2005MNRAS.356..979M.
  2. ↑ R. W. Sinnott, editor (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-933-34651-4.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 205. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
  4. 1 2 A. Sandage, J. Bedke (1994). Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington. ISBN 0-87279-667-1.
  5. 1 2 3 K. G. Jones (1991). Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-37079-5.
  6. ↑ Hartmut Frommert and Christine Kronberg (w:August 30, w:2007). "Messier Object 110". Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Archived from the original on 1999-04-20. http://web.archive.org/web/19990420030114/http://seds.org/messier/m/m110.html. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  7. ↑ van den Bergh, Sidney (April 2000), "Updated Information on the Local Group", The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 112 (770): 529–536, doi:10.1086/316548, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2000PASP..112..529V
 
Messier Index
M1 • M2 • M3 • M4 • M5 • M6 • M7 • M8 • M9 • M10 • M11 • M12 • M13 • M14 • M15 • M16 • M17 • M18 • M19 • M20 • M21 • M22 • M23 • M24 • M25 • M26 • M27 • M28 • M29 • M30 • M31 • M32 • M33 • M34 • M35 • M36 • M37 • M38 • M39 • M40 • M41 • M42 • M43 • M44 • M45 • M46 • M47 • M48 • M49 • M50 • M51 • M52 • M53 • M54 • M55 • M56 • M57 • M58 • M59 • M60 • M61 • M62 • M63 • M64 • M65 • M66 • M67 • M68 • M69 • M70 • M71 • M72 • M73 • M74 • M75 • M76 • M77 • M78 • M79 • M80 • M81 • M82 • M83 • M84 • M85 • M86 • M87 • M88 • M89 • M90 • M91 • M92 • M93 • M94 • M95 • M96 • M97 • M98 • M99 • M100 • M101 • M102 • M103 • M104 • M105 • M106 • M107 • M108 • M109 • M110
This article is issued from Wikibooks. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.