Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

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Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
galaxy in the Local Group ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −10.3 ⓘ
alternateName Andromeda VI ⓘ
Pegasus dSph ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 14.2 ⓘ
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group ⓘ
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
constellation Pegasus ⓘ
contains horizontal branch stars ⓘ
old metal-poor stars ⓘ
red giant branch stars ⓘ
darkMatterContent dominant ⓘ
declination +05° 24′ ⓘ
discoveredBy Alan W. McConnachie ⓘ
Mike Irwin ⓘ
N. F. Martin ⓘ
collaborators ⓘ
discoveryMethod resolved star counts on photographic plates and CCD images ⓘ
discoveryYear 1999 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 294 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2.7 million light-years ⓘ
about 830 kiloparsecs ⓘ
environment Local Group outer regions ⓘ
galaxyType dSph ⓘ
gasContent gas-poor ⓘ
hasGlobularClusters none known ⓘ
hasNucleus false ⓘ
heliocentricRadialVelocity about −354 km/s ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isBarred false ⓘ
isDiskGalaxy false ⓘ
isFaint true ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isIrregular false ⓘ
isNearbyTo Milky Way Galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
isNonStarforming true ⓘ
isPartOf Andromeda satellite system ⓘ
isResolvedIntoStars true ⓘ
massToLightRatio high ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
rightAscension about 23h 28m ⓘ
starFormationActivity quiescent ⓘ
stellarPopulation old ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Andromeda VI → alternateName → Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
Andromeda VII → otherName → Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Pegasus dSph → alternateName → Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
And VI → alsoKnownAs → Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
Andromeda VI → alsoKnownAs → Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
subject linked to: Mike Irwin