The outer immediate companion of Andromeda, M110 (or NGC 205). Unlike most dwarf elliptical or spheroidal galaxies, it has recognizable dust clouds (two are visible here at about the 7 o'clock and 11 o'clock positions from the nucleus) and clear signs of recent star formation. This image shows a 9-arcminute section, seen in red light with the Lowell 1.1m telescope, focal reducer, and TI CCD. The nonlinear inensity mapping shows both the outer envelope and innermost bright, sharp nucleus.

From Bill Keel's image collection at the University of Alabama. More images from Bill Keel's collection

Amateur images of M110

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Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

Last Modification: 27 Jun 1998 19:50 MET