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{
"designations" : [
{"name":"The Andromeda Galaxy"},
{"name":"M31"},
{"name":"NGC224"},
{"name":"UGC454"}
],
"observationEpoch" : "J2000",
"pronunciation" : "/ænˈdrɒmᵻdə/",
"constellation" : "Andromeda",
"rightAscenscion" : [
{
"hours" : "00",
"minutes" : "42",
"seconds" : "44.3"
}
],
"declination" : [
{
"degrees" : "41",
"minutes" : "16",
"seconds" : "9",
}
],
"redshift" : "−0.001001",
"helioRadialVelocity" : [
{
"unit" : "km/s",
"value" : "-301",
"marginOfError" : "1",
}
],
"distance" : [
{
"unit" : "Mly",
"value" : "2.54",
"marginOfError" : "0.11",
}
],
"apparentMagnitude" : [
{
"band" : "V",
"value" : "3.44",
}
],
"absoluteMagnitude" : [
{
"band" : "V",
"value" : "-21.52",
}
],
"type" : [
{
"classification" : "yerkes",
"value" : "kS5"
}
],
"mass" : [
{
"unit" : "solarMass",
"value" : "~1.5×10¹²"
}
],
"numberOfStars" : "~1,000,000,000,000",
"size" : [
{
"measure" : "diameter",
"unit" : "kly",
"value" : "~220"
}
],
"apparentSize" : [
{
"measure" : "angularDiameter",
"unit" : "arcseconds",
"value" : "3.167 x 1"
}
]
}
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