UGC 245

E459113

UGC 245 is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
UGC 245 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
galaxy in the Local Group ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
belongsToCatalog 2MASS Extended Source Catalog ⓘ
PGC ⓘ
UGC ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV about -8.5 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 2MASX J00424433+3833148 ⓘ
And XXVIII ⓘ
Andromeda XXVIII ⓘ
LEDA 2768 ⓘ
PGC 002768 ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV ~15.2 ⓘ
hasDeclination +38° (approximate) ⓘ
hasDistanceFromAndromedaGalaxy ~365 kpc ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth ~1.2 Mpc ⓘ
~3.8 million light-years ⓘ
hasDominantDarkMatterComponent true ⓘ
hasDominantOldStellarPopulation true ⓘ
hasEnvironment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
hasGalaxyType dwarf galaxy ⓘ
hasLowSurfaceBrightness true ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType dSph ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity ~-331 km/s ⓘ
hasRedshift z ≈ -0.0011 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 00h 42m (approximate) ⓘ
hasShape roughly spheroidal ⓘ
hasStellarMass of order 10^5–10^6 solar masses ⓘ
hasVeryLowMetallicity true ⓘ
hasVeryLowStarFormation true ⓘ
isDominatedByOldStars true ⓘ
isGasPoor true ⓘ
isLocatedInConstellation Andromeda ⓘ
isMemberOf Local Group ⓘ
isNearbyGalaxy true ⓘ
isNonActiveGalaxy true ⓘ
isResolvedIntoStars in deep imaging ⓘ
isSatelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
orbitsWithin Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
wasIdentifiedAsAndromedaSatellite in the early 2010s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Andromeda I → alternativeName → UGC 245 ⓘ