Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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By: Akinori Mollenthiel Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

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Andromeda Galaxy (M31). By: Akinori Mollenthiel. Discovery . Discovered by Simon Marius in 1612. A Persian astronomer Abd al- Rahman al Sufi wrote a line about the chained consolation in the year 964. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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By: Akinori Mollenthiel

Andromeda Galaxy(M31)

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Discovery Discovered by Simon Marius in 1612. A Persian astronomer Abd al- Rahman al Sufi wrote a

line about the chained consolation in the year 964. People wrote of Simon Marius as the discoverer of the

galaxy without taking note of al Sufi’s notes.

Simon Marius Abd al- Rahman al Sufi

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The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years from Earth.

The size of the Andromeda galaxy is 7.1 x 10^11 solar masses.

It is one of the brightest messier object.Spitzer space telescope revealed the Andromeda

galaxy has about 1 trillion stars.

Facts

Andromeda galaxy (infrared picture)

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Did you know?

That in the future that the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way Galaxy are expected to collide in about 4.5 billon years!

Andromeda Galaxy

Milky WayGalaxy

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The Andromeda Galaxy is the furthest object you can see with the naked eye. In light years it is about 250 million light years away. That means the light we see in our sky left the Andromeda Galaxy 250 million years ago.

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The Andromeda Constellation

This is where the Andromeda Galaxy was found!

Andromeda Galaxy

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Different views of the

Andromeda Galaxy!

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The estimated mass of the Andromeda halo (including the dark matter) has value of approximately 1.23×1012 solar masses (or 1.2 trillion solar masses) next to 1.9×1012 solar masses Milky Way.

Comparing and contrasting

Andromeda galaxy and

Milky Way Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy appears to have more common stars than the Milky Way, and the estimated luminosity of M31 is 2.6×1010 L , is ☉about 25% more than that of our own galaxy.

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This is the Andromeda Galaxy's local group.

(1 Million light years)

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Stars M31 is known to have a dense and

compact star cluster at its very center.

There are about 460 clusters that are connected with the Andromeda galaxy.

The biggest of the clusters is identified as Mayall II or nicknamed Globular One.

Mayall 1

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This was a stamp in Germany in 1999!

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Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the legendary (white) King and Queen of Ethiopia.

Greek Mythology

Cassiopeia Andromeda Cepheus

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In 2010, a team of astronomers found out that the Andromeda galaxy was formed out of the collision of two smaller galaxies between 5 and 9 billion years ago!

Origin

Two galaxies colliding

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Constellation: AndromedaRight ascension: 00h 42m 44.3s(Term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system.)

Declination: +41° 16 9″′(One of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system.)

Redshift: −301 ± 1 km/s(When the wave on the spectrum moves more towards the red.)

Distance: 2.54 ± 0.06 Mly (778 ± 17 kpc)Type: SA(s)b(The system where they divide galaxies into groups based on their visual appearance.)

Number of stars: 1 trillion (10^12)Apparent dimensions (V): 190 × 60′ ′(Basically the diameter and size.)

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.44

More Facts

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy

Bibliography

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Credits

By: Akinori MollenthielProject: Andromeda Galaxy