Alternate Names
NGC 221
Type
Location
in the constellation Andromeda
Distance
2.4 million light-years (0.81 megaparsecs)
Mass
3 million times the mass of the Sun
Size
Diameter about 10 million miles -- about 12 times the diameter of the Sun
Discovery Methods
This Chandra image shows the M87 jet as seen in X-ray wavelengths. [NASA/CXC/MIT/H. Marshall et al.]
This document was last modified: October 24, 2005.


