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NGC 206

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NGC 206 is a star cloud located in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), which is the closest large galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is the most populous star cloud in M31 and has a mass equivalent to 200,000 suns. NGC 206 bears a strong resemblance to the double cluster in Perseus. The Andromeda Galaxy itself is visible to the naked eye as a faint, milky blur and is approximately 2.48 million light-years from Earth.12

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  1. Andromeda Galaxy
  2. star cluster - Clusters in external galaxies

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