Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 828
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NGC 828, Gary Imm
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NGC 828

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NGC 828

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This object is a rarely imaged 12th-magnitude spiral galaxy located 240 million light years away in the constellation of Andromeda at a declination of +39 degrees. The galaxy spans 2.5 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a large diameter of 170,000 light years.

This galaxy has so many interesting features - a bright yellow core, a wide dark dust lane, a bright white region below the core, extended star streams, and the lack of arm structure. The most fascinating aspect to me is how asymmetric this galaxy is. It certainly looks to have been highly disturbed by a companion, but I see no candidate in sight. For such a distrubed galaxy, I am surprised that I see very few blue star clusters.

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NGC 828, Gary Imm

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