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Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue

Messier 32 vs. Principal Galaxies Catalogue

Messier 32 (also known as NGC 221) is a dwarf "early-type" galaxy located about 2.65 million light-years from Earth, appearing in the constellation Andromeda. The Catalogue of Principal Galaxies (PGC) is an astronomical catalog published in 1989 that lists B1950 and J2000 equatorial coordinates and cross-identifications for 73,197 galaxies.

Similarities between Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue

Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Constellation, Lenticular galaxy, Light-year, Parsec.

Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

Constellation and Messier 32 · Constellation and Principal Galaxies Catalogue · See more »

Lenticular galaxy

A lenticular galaxy (denoted S0) is a type of galaxy intermediate between an elliptical (denoted E) and a spiral galaxy in galaxy morphological classification schemes.

Lenticular galaxy and Messier 32 · Lenticular galaxy and Principal Galaxies Catalogue · See more »

Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

Light-year and Messier 32 · Light-year and Principal Galaxies Catalogue · See more »

Parsec

The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System.

Messier 32 and Parsec · Parsec and Principal Galaxies Catalogue · See more »

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Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue Comparison

Messier 32 has 38 relations, while Principal Galaxies Catalogue has 25. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 6.35% = 4 / (38 + 25).

References

This article shows the relationship between Messier 32 and Principal Galaxies Catalogue. To access each article from which the information was extracted, please visit:

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