And III

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And III is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And III canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −10.2 ⓘ
alternateName Andromeda 3 ⓘ
Andromeda III ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 14.4 ⓘ
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
contains horizontal branch stars ⓘ
red giant branch stars ⓘ
declination +36° ⓘ
discoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh ⓘ
discoveryMethod photographic plates ⓘ
discoveryYear 1972 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 280,000 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.4 million light-years ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent very low ⓘ
hasProperty dominated by dark matter ⓘ
low surface brightness ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
locatedIn constellation Andromeda ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
partOf halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
radialVelocityRelativeToSun about −351 km/s ⓘ
rightAscension about 00h 35m ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
starFormationActivity none or negligible ⓘ
stellarPopulation old ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Andromeda III → otherName → And III ⓘ