And XXVII

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And XXVII canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV about −8.5 ⓘ
alternativeName Andromeda XXVII ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV about 17.5 ⓘ
belongsTo Andromeda dwarf spheroidal population ⓘ
Local Group dwarf galaxy population ⓘ
contains predominantly red giant branch stars ⓘ
coordinateSystem equatorial coordinates ⓘ
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated ⓘ
declination +45° ⓘ
discoveredBy P. Andromeda dwarf survey team ⓘ
discoveryInstrument Subaru Telescope ⓘ
discoveryMethod resolved star counts in wide-field imaging ⓘ
discoveryYear 2009 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 60 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 780 kiloparsecs ⓘ
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent gas-poor ⓘ
gravitationallyBoundTo Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isPartOf Andromeda satellite system ⓘ
locatedIn Local Group ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Andromeda ⓘ
luminosity about 1×10^5 times the luminosity of the Sun ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
metallicity low metallicity ⓘ
morphologicalType dSph ⓘ
observedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
redshift approximately 0 ⓘ
rightAscension 00h 37m ⓘ
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
similarTo Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies ⓘ
starFormationActivity no recent star formation ⓘ
stellarPopulation old, metal-poor stars ⓘ
surfaceBrightness very low surface brightness ⓘ
velocityFrame Local Group standard of rest ⓘ

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Andromeda XXVII → otherName → And XXVII ⓘ