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Mayall II

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Group of stars in the constellation Andromeda
Mayall II
Hubble Telescope image of Mayall II
Observation data (J2000epoch)
ConstellationAndromeda
Right ascension00h 32m 46.51s[1]
Declination+39° 34′ 39.7″[1]
Distance2.52 ± 0.14Mly (770 ± 40kpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)+13.81[1]
Physical characteristics
Mass1×107[2] M (2×1037 kg)
Radius21.2 ± 1.0 ly (6.5 ± 0.3 pc) (Half light radius rh) and tidal radius 263.2 ± 12.7 ly (80.7 ± 3.9 pc)[3]
Estimated age~ 12 Gyr[2]
Other designationsSKHB 1, HBK 0-1[1]
See also:Globular cluster,List of globular clusters

Mayall II, also known asNGC-224-G1,SKHB 1,GSC 2788:2139,HBK 0-1,M31GC J003247+393440 orAndromeda's Cluster, is aglobular cluster orbiting M31, theAndromeda Galaxy.

It is located 130,000light-years (40 kpc)[3] from the Andromeda Galaxy's galactic core, and is the brightest[3] (byabsolute magnitude) globular cluster in theLocal Group, with an absolute visual magnitude of −10.94 and the luminosity of 2 million Suns.[4] It has anapparent magnitude of 13.81 in V band. Mayall II is considered to have twice the mass ofOmega Centauri, and may contain a central,intermediate-mass (~ 2×104M)black hole.[3]

It was first identified as a possible globular cluster by American astronomersNicholas Mayall andOlin J. Eggen in 1953 using aPalomar 48-inch (1.2 m)Schmidt plate exposed in 1948.[3]

Because of the widespread distribution ofmetallicity, indicating multiplestar generations and a large stellar creation period, many contend that it is not a true globular cluster, but is actually the galactic core that remains of adwarf galaxy consumed by Andromeda.[3][5]

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References

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  1. ^abcd"NAME Mayall II".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved2009-09-13.
  2. ^abMa, Jun; de Grijs, Richard; Fan, Zhou; Rey, Soo-Chang; Wu, Zhen-Yu; Zhou, Xu; Wu, Jiang-Hua; Jiang, Zhao-Ji; Chen, Jian-Sheng; Lee, Kyungsook; Sohn, Sangmo Tony (June 2009). "RESEARCH PAPER: Old stellar population synthesis: new age and mass estimates for Mayall II = G1".Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.9 (6):641–652.arXiv:0904.0674.Bibcode:2009RAA.....9..641M.doi:10.1088/1674-4527/9/6/003.S2CID 16360116.
  3. ^abcdefMa, J.; de Grijs, R.; Chen, D.; van den Bergh, S.; Fan, Z.; Wu, Z.; Wu, H.; Zhou, X.; Wu, J.; Jiang, Z.; Chen, J. (April 2007)."Structural parameters of Mayall II = G1 in M31".Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.376 (4):1621–1629.arXiv:astro-ph/0702012.Bibcode:2007MNRAS.376.1621M.doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11573.x.S2CID 3591548.
  4. ^abadmin (2021-01-31)."Mayall II".Messier Objects. Retrieved2024-05-10.
  5. ^Meylan, G.; Sarajedini, A.; Jablonka, P.; Djorgovski, S. G.; Bridges, T.; Rich, R. M. (August 2001). "Mayall II=G1 in M31: Giant Globular Cluster or Core of a Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy?".The Astronomical Journal.122 (2):830–841.arXiv:astro-ph/0105013.Bibcode:2001AJ....122..830M.doi:10.1086/321166.S2CID 17778865.

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