M32 (NGC 221)
Elliptical galaxy in Andromeda
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Populated by older red and yellow stars, M32 is fairly free of dust and gas and will eventually merge with its larger neighbor.
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M32 just below its much larger neighbor, M31.
Image credit: Adam Evans - M31, the Andromeda Galaxy (now with h-alpha)Uploaded by NotFromUtrecht, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12654493 -
At least 8000 blue stars are in the core of M32.
Image credit: NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s – Space Telescope Imageing Spectrograph (STIS) -
Messier 32
How to find M32 in the night sky, theories as to its creation and the history of its discovery -
Messier Monday: The Smallest Messier Galaxy, M32
Details about the stars that make up M32 and more pictures. -
Messier Object 32
Lots of information about M32 from Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
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