LGS 3

E601214

LGS 3 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the constellation Pisces and notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
LGS 3 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Local Group galaxy ⓘ
dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ
faint galaxy ⓘ
belongsTo Local Group Survey (LGS) ⓘ
contains neutral hydrogen gas ⓘ
discoveredBy van den Bergh ⓘ
discoveredIn 1970s ⓘ
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV about -10 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Dwarf Galaxy in Pisces ⓘ
KK 35 ⓘ
LEDA 3792 ⓘ
PGC 3792 ⓘ
Pisces Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
UGC 1157 ⓘ
hasAngularSize about 2 arcminutes ⓘ
hasCentralSurfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
hasColor relatively red ⓘ
hasDeclination +21° ⓘ
hasDistanceFromEarth about 2.0 million light-years ⓘ
about 620 kiloparsecs ⓘ
hasDistanceModulus about 24.5 mag ⓘ
hasEnvironment relatively isolated within Local Group ⓘ
hasGalaxyClusterMembership none (field dwarf in Local Group) ⓘ
hasGalaxyType transition-type dwarf (dIrr/dSph) ⓘ
hasGasContent modest HI reservoir ⓘ
hasHIIRegions few or none ⓘ
hasLow luminosity ⓘ
hasMassToLightRatio high ⓘ
hasMetallicity low ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType dIrr ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity about -280 km/s ⓘ
hasRightAscension about 01h 03m ⓘ
hasSparse stellar population ⓘ
hasStarClusterPopulation sparse ⓘ
hasStarFormationHistory extended ⓘ
hasStarFormationRate very low ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation intermediate-age stars ⓘ
old stars ⓘ
hasSurfaceBrightness very low ⓘ
isDominatedBy dark matter ⓘ
isFaint true ⓘ
isGasRich true ⓘ
isResolvedIntoStars true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Pisces ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
observedWith Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
orbits Local Group barycenter ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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