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NGC 205 (M110) in Andromeda

NGC 205 is a Hubble Class E5 dwarf elliptical galaxy orbiting M31, the Andromeda galaxy, much as the Magellanic Clouds orbit our Milky Way galaxy. It lies at a distance of 2.69 million light-years from Earth, so it is a bit farther away than M31. NGC 205 is sometimes called Messier 110, but Messier only included 103 objects in his final version of his catalog, although he did include the object in his drawing of M31 and M32, so he clearly knew about it. It was added to Messier catalog in 1967. NGC 205 is unusual for a dwarf elliptical galaxy in that it has brown dust lanes and young blue stars in its core, both of which are indicative of star formation and neither of which are typically seen in elliptical galaxies.

Exposures: L:R:G:B = 120:60:60:60 minutes =1 hour 5 hours total exposure, completely unguided.

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