Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy

E133908

The Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy is a faint, small dwarf irregular galaxy on the outskirts of the Local Group, notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy canonical 3
Aquarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Local Group member ⓘ
dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ
containsSignificantHI true ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV about −10.6 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aquarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ⓘ
DDO 210 ⓘ
PGC 65367 ⓘ
UGC 12613 ⓘ
hasAngularSize about a few arcminutes ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitude about 14 (integrated, approximate) ⓘ
hasDarkMatterDominance high ⓘ
hasDeclination −12° (approx) ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 1.0 million light-years ⓘ
about 300 kiloparsecs ⓘ
hasDominantStellarPopulation metal-poor red giants ⓘ
hasDominantStellarPopulationAge old ⓘ
hasEnvironment low-density region of Local Group outskirts ⓘ
hasGalaxyMorphologicalType dIrr ⓘ
hasGasToStellarMassRatio high ⓘ
hasIrregularMorphology true ⓘ
hasLowLuminosity true ⓘ
hasLowMetallicity true ⓘ
hasNeutralHydrogenMass on the order of 10^7 solar masses ⓘ
hasRadialVelocityRelativeToLocalGroup small ⓘ
hasRightAscension 20h 46m (approx) ⓘ
hasSparseStellarPopulation true ⓘ
hasStarFormationActivity very low ⓘ
hasStarFormationHistory extended but declining ⓘ
hasStellarMass on the order of 10^6 solar masses ⓘ
hasSurfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
hasYoungerStellarPopulation present but sparse ⓘ
isDynamicallyIsolated relatively ⓘ
isGasRich true ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Local Group ⓘ
isLocatedOnOutskirtsOf Local Group ⓘ
isNearbyTo Milky Way ⓘ
isObservedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
isResolvedIntoIndividualStars true ⓘ
isUsedToStudy chemical evolution in dwarf galaxies ⓘ
dark matter in low-luminosity systems ⓘ
star formation in low-mass galaxies ⓘ
locatedIn constellation Aquarius ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
orbits Local Group barycenter ⓘ
wasCatalogedIn David Dunlap Observatory (DDO) catalog ⓘ
wasDiscoveredIn 20th century ⓘ

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 → Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
LG → containsGalaxy → Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy → hasAlternativeName → Aquarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy
Local Group → contains → Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
subject linked to: Local Group galaxies
DDO 210 → otherName → Aquarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy