Dwarf Elliptical

NGC 147

10,000 ly across~1B stars0 charted systems
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Galactic Lore

A dwarf elliptical galaxy gravitationally bound to Andromeda, NGC 147 contains an ancient stellar population with very little ongoing star formation. It is tidally linked to its neighbor NGC 185, and the two are thought to orbit each other even as they orbit Andromeda.