Peg DIG

E559333

Peg DIG is a small, faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the constellation Pegasus and notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.

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Label Occurrences
Peg DIG canonical 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ
containsComponent neutral hydrogen (H I) envelope ⓘ
containsStellarPopulations red giant branch stars ⓘ
young blue stars ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV ~−12 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Andromeda VI ⓘ
DDO 216 ⓘ
PGC 71538 ⓘ
Pegasus DIG ⓘ
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy ⓘ
UGC 12613 ⓘ
hasAngularSize ~5.0′ × 2.7′ ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV ~13.2 ⓘ
hasColorIndex relatively blue for a dwarf galaxy ⓘ
hasDeclination +14° 44′ ⓘ
hasDiscoveryYear 1959 ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth ~1.0 Mly ⓘ
~300 kpc ⓘ
hasDominantStellarPopulationAge intermediate-age and old stars ⓘ
hasEnvironment relatively isolated within the Local Group ⓘ
hasGalaxyType dIrr ⓘ
hasKinematicProperty slow internal rotation or dispersion-dominated dynamics ⓘ
hasLuminosity low luminosity ⓘ
hasMassToLightRatio high mass-to-light ratio (dark-matter dominated) ⓘ
hasMetallicity low metallicity ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType Im ⓘ
hasNeutralHydrogenContent gas-rich ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity ~-183 km/s ⓘ
hasRightAscension 23h 28m ⓘ
hasStarFormationActivity low-level ongoing star formation ⓘ
hasStarFormationHistory extended star formation over a Hubble time ⓘ
hasStarFormationRate very low star formation rate ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation sparse ⓘ
hasSurfaceBrightness very low surface brightness ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo Local Group potential ⓘ
isObservableFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
isSatelliteOf Milky Way (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Pegasus ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
wasDiscoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh ⓘ

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