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Object Information

Caldwell 18

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a small elliptical galaxy which orbits around the Andromeda galaxy, and sits just 2 million light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Elliptical Galaxy.
Distance: 19,400,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 2,780,000,000,000,000,000 km.