And VI

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And VI canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −11.3 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Andromeda VI ⓘ
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
Pegasus dSph ⓘ
apparentShape roughly elliptical ⓘ
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
contains horizontal branch stars ⓘ
red giant branch stars ⓘ
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated ⓘ
declination approximately +24° 35′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Armandroff et al. ⓘ
discoveryMethod resolved star counts ⓘ
discoveryYear 1999 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 270 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.7 million light-years ⓘ
about 815 kiloparsecs ⓘ
environment Local Group outer halo ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent gas-poor ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
locatedIn constellation Pegasus ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
orbitalRelation gravitationally bound to Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
rightAscension approximately 23h 51m ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
starFormationActivity no current star formation ⓘ
stellarPopulation old ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Andromeda VI → alternateName → And VI ⓘ