And XV

E516996

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And XV canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV approximately −9.4 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV approximately 16.0 ⓘ
belongsTo halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
constellation Andromeda ⓘ
darkMatterDominated true ⓘ
declination +38° ⓘ
discoveredBy Andrey M. N. Belokurov ⓘ
Vasily Belokurov ⓘ
discoveryMethod wide-field imaging survey ⓘ
discoveryYear 2007 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 170 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 770 kiloparsecs ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
gasContent gas-poor ⓘ
hasStarFormation no significant current star formation ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isFaint true ⓘ
locatedIn Local Group ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
otherName Andromeda 15 ⓘ
Andromeda XV ⓘ
radialVelocity approximately −323 km/s ⓘ
rightAscension 01h 14m ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
stellarPopulation old ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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