Messier 32
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Messier 32 is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2,490,000 light-years from the Solar System, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. M32 is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy and was discove
Dwarf Satellite Galaxy Messier 32 (center)
In this image of the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 32 is to the left of the center.
Hubble image of Messier 32 showing resolved central region
Satellite galaxy
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A satellite galaxy is a smaller companion galaxy that travels on bound orbits within the gravitational potential of a more massive and luminous host galaxy. Satellite galaxies and their constituents a
Messier 32
…221) is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy about 2,490,000 light-years (760,000 pc) from the Solar System, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. M32 is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. The galaxy is a prototype of the relatively rare compact elliptical…
The Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way's largest satellite galaxy, and fourth largest in the Local Group. This satellite is also classified as a transition type between a dwarf spiral and dwarf irregular.
Remnants of a minor merger can be observed in the form of a stellar stream falling onto the galaxy NGC 5907.
An edge-on photo of the Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565) that demonstrates the observed thick disk and thin disk components of satellite galaxies.