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Andromeda Galaxy
Andromeda Galaxy The spiral galaxy nearest to our own, and the largest member of the
Local Group; also called M31 and NGC 224. It lies 2.5 million l.y. away and is visible to the naked eye as an elongated patch of light of total magnitude 3.4 in the constellation Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy has two arms and is classified as an Sb spiral. Its total mass is over 400 billion solar masses, slightly more massive than our own Galaxy. On long-exposure photographs it can be traced across over 4° of sky, corresponding to a diameter of about 150 000 l.y. It has around 600 globular clusters, over three times as many as our own Galaxy. There are two close dwarf elliptical companion galaxies, both of 8th magnitude: M32 (NGC 221), and NGC 205 (sometimes known as M110), plus more than ten dwarf spheroidal systems.
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Andromeda galaxy is a cannibal.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 9/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...Astronomers have long suspected that Andromeda is a space predator, consuming dwarf...neighbourhood and have found proof of Andromeda's sordid past: They have spotted leftovers in Andromeda's wake. Early results of a massive...
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Andromeda business booms on top of DataCash integration.
M2 Presswire; 6/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-21 June 2005-DataCash: Andromeda business booms on top of DataCash integration...solution with DataCash in January 2005, Andromeda has announced that a further 30 customers...s Food Service and Herbies Pizza. Andromeda already provides EPOS systems, including...
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Catching Andromeda's light.(Andromeda Galaxy and Milky Way)
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Andromeda Galaxy is the closest giant galaxy to our own. By observing Andromeda, astronomers have learned a lot about...astronomer in Wales, discovered that Andromeda is a spiral galaxy--the most beautiful...
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Andromeda Announces Closing of Belcom Purchase.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 3/3/2005; 700+ words
; ...Iannantuono, President & CEO of Andromeda Media Capital Corporation Limited (OTCBB...consulting/management. Belcom will enable Andromeda and its eBusiness division, e-commatrix...majority shareholder of Belcom, has joined Andromeda and e-commatrix.com (R) inc. as...
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xrefer sign up 5 Andromeda titles for new library service.
M2 Presswire; 9/19/2001; 700+ words
; ...2001-xrefer.com: xrefer sign up 5 Andromeda titles for new library service (C)1994...company, today announced a partnership with Andromeda Oxford Ltd that will see the inclusion of five Andromeda titles in xrefer's new subscription...
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Andromeda Makes Strategic Acquisition of Software Development Firm Dramatically Increases Development Capacity.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 4/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...22, 2004 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Andromeda Media Capital Corporation Limited has...The purchase of Belcom will enable Andromeda and its eBusiness division, e-commatrix...majority shareholder of Belcom, will join Andromeda and e-commatrix.com(R) inc. as...
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Andromeda: the cannibal galaxy
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/3/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...influence. A telescopic study of the Andromeda galaxy some 2.3 million light years...its master. The images captured by the Andromeda Archaeological Survey team, using the...path - this is exactly the same with Andromeda," said Mike Irwin of Cambridge University...
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Addition of Several New Partners Bolsters Andromeda's Network of Licensees.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 2/11/2004; 700+ words
; ...10, 2004 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Andromeda Media Capital Corporation (OTHER OTC...signed licensed partner agreements with Andromeda to market and sell the ecmSuite(TM...said Albert Iannantuono, President, Andromeda Media Capital Corporation. "We are...
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Andromeda Media Capital Corporation Not Affiliated With Overseas Stock Sales Companies.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 5/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...May 16, 2003 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) Andromeda Misrepresented as NASDAQ stock Andromeda Media Capital Corporation (OTHER OTC: ADACF...or any other overseas stock sales company. Andromeda has recently been contacted by shareholders...
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Andromeda feasts on its satellite galaxies.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Way's big sister, the nearby galaxy Andromeda is about twice as large as our own galaxy...a giant stream of stars discovered in Andromeda's halo suggests that it also is devouring...the July 6 NATURE. "We suspected that Andromeda, like every other galaxy, formed by...
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Andromeda
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Andromeda in Greek mythology, an Ethiopian princess...to ravage the country; to placate him Andromeda was fastened to a rock and exposed to...from which she was rescued by Perseus . Andromeda is also the name of a large northern...
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Andromeda Galaxy
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
Andromeda Galaxy The spiral galaxy nearest to our own, and the largest member...elongated patch of light of total magnitude 3.4 in the constellation Andromeda. The Andromeda Galaxy has two arms and is classified as an Sb spiral. Its total...
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Plunkett, Gerard
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...syndicated, 2000. Bloodmist, "Its Hour Come 'Round at Last," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ), syndicated, 2001. Bloodmist, "The Widening Gyre," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ), syndicated...
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Main members of the Local Group of galaxies
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...dwarf spheroidal. A = companion of the Andromeda Galaxy; M = companion of the Milky Way...dwarfs, most of them companions to the Andromeda Galaxy. Based on a table by Eva K...dIr V −12.0 13.8 1060 Andromeda I A 00 45.7 +38 ...
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Wolfe, Robert Hewitt 1964–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...1996–1997. Co–executive producer, Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ), syndicated, 2000–2001. Executive producer, Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda ), syndicated...
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