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09-08-06, 01:50 PM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0609/m110cassf10_schedler_f40.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0609/m110cassf10_schedler_f.jpg) Messier 110
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory (http://panther-observatory.com))
Explanation: This very sharp (http://panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/ M110_cassf10.htm) telescopic vista features the last object in the modern version of Charles Messier's catalog (http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_messier.asp) of bright clusters and nebulae - Messier 110 (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m110.html). A dwarf elliptical galaxy, M110 (aka NGC 205 (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001023.html)) is actually a bright satellite of the large spiral galaxy Andromeda (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m031.html), making M110 a fellow member of the local group (http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/localgr.html) of galaxies. Seen through a foreground of nearby stars, M110 is about 15,000 light-years across. That makes it comparable in size to satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way, the Large (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060510.html) and Small (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050617.html) Magellanic Clouds. Though ellipitcal (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060520.html) galaxies are normally thought to be lacking in gas and dust to form new stars, M110 is known (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query? bibcode=1998ApJ...499..209W) to contain young stars, and faint dust clouds can easily be seen in this detailed image at about the 7 and 11 o'clock positions relative to the galaxy center.
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060908.html)
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory (http://panther-observatory.com))
Explanation: This very sharp (http://panther-observatory.com/gallery/deepsky/doc/ M110_cassf10.htm) telescopic vista features the last object in the modern version of Charles Messier's catalog (http://www.ngcic.org/dss/dss_messier.asp) of bright clusters and nebulae - Messier 110 (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m110.html). A dwarf elliptical galaxy, M110 (aka NGC 205 (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001023.html)) is actually a bright satellite of the large spiral galaxy Andromeda (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m031.html), making M110 a fellow member of the local group (http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/localgr.html) of galaxies. Seen through a foreground of nearby stars, M110 is about 15,000 light-years across. That makes it comparable in size to satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way, the Large (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060510.html) and Small (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050617.html) Magellanic Clouds. Though ellipitcal (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060520.html) galaxies are normally thought to be lacking in gas and dust to form new stars, M110 is known (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query? bibcode=1998ApJ...499..209W) to contain young stars, and faint dust clouds can easily be seen in this detailed image at about the 7 and 11 o'clock positions relative to the galaxy center.
Source (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060908.html)