M32

E100923

M32 is a compact dwarf elliptical galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of M32

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of M32 (M32 is a compact dwarf elliptical galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.)

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M32 canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
dwarf elliptical galaxy ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −16.5 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Messier 32 ⓘ
NGC 221 ⓘ
PGC 2557 ⓘ
linked to: NGC 205

UGC 452 ⓘ
angularSize 8.7 × 6.4 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 8.1 ⓘ
bestSeenInMonth October ⓘ
catalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber M32 ⓘ
NGC 221 ⓘ
centralBlackHoleMass about 2.5 million solar masses ⓘ
declination +40° 51′ 55″ ⓘ
discoveredBy Guillaume Le Gentil ⓘ
discoveryYear 1749 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
about 770 kiloparsecs ⓘ
galaxyType elliptical ⓘ
hasGlobularClusters few ⓘ
hasNucleus compact ⓘ
hasStarFormation very low current star formation ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation predominantly old stars ⓘ
hasSupermassiveBlackHole true ⓘ
hostGalaxyGroup Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
includedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
interactionWith Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isCompact true ⓘ
isTidalStripped likely ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Andromeda ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda Galaxy
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
messierListNumber 32 ⓘ
morphologicalType cE2 ⓘ
nearSkyNeighbor Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
NGC 205 ⓘ
observedInWavelength X-ray ⓘ
infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
orbits Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
radialVelocity about −205 km/s ⓘ
redshift −0.000459 ⓘ
rightAscension 00h 42m 41.8s ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
surfaceBrightness high ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Group → contains → M32 ⓘ
LG → containsGalaxy → M32 ⓘ
UGC 452 → alsoKnownAs → M32 ⓘ
Messier 32 → alsoKnownAs → M32 ⓘ
Andromeda → contains → M32 ⓘ
subject linked to: constellation Andromeda
NGC 221 → alsoKnownAs → M32 ⓘ
NGC 221 → messierNumber → M32 ⓘ
Local Group → contains → M32 ⓘ
subject linked to: Local Group galaxies
Andromeda → contains → M32 ⓘ