Andromeda VI

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Andromeda VI is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Andromeda VI canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitude_V_approx -11.3
alternateName And VI
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Pegasus dSph
apparentMagnitude_V_approx 14.4
belongsTo M31 satellite system
catalogDesignation Andromeda VI
declination_J2000_approx +24° 35′
discoveredBy Alan B. Whiting
George K. T. Hau
Mike Irwin
discoveryMethod optical imaging survey
discoveryYear 1999
distanceFromAndromeda_approx 270 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth_approx 2.66 million light-years
815 kiloparsecs
distanceFromMilkyWay_approx over 2 million light-years
environment outer halo of Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent gas-poor
halfLightRadius_approx 1.0 kiloparsecs
hasStellarComponent red giant branch stars
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
locatedIn Local Group
constellation Pegasus
memberOf Local Group
metallicity_mean_approx [Fe/H] ≈ -1.3
morphologicalType dSph
rightAscension_J2000_approx 23h 51m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
M31
linked to: Andromeda Galaxy
starFormationActivity no current star formation
stellarPopulation old stars

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Group contains Andromeda VI
LG containsGalaxy Andromeda VI
Andromeda VI catalogDesignation Andromeda VI
NGC 224 hasSatelliteGalaxy Andromeda VI
Andromeda subgroup hasMember Andromeda VI