Andromeda V

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Andromeda V is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy within the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Andromeda V canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −9.1
apparentMagnitudeV about 15.8
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup
surface form: Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group
contains metal-poor stars
old stellar population
darkMatterContent dominant
discoveredBy Armandroff et al.
discoveryMethod photographic survey
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 110 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.5 million light-years
environment halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gasContent very low
gasRich no
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
isPartOf Andromeda satellite system
locatedIn constellation Andromeda
luminosity about 10^5 solar luminosities
massToLightRatio high
memberOf Local Group
metallicity low
morphologicalClass dSph
redshift near 0
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
shape spheroidal
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulationAge predominantly old
surfaceBrightness low

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Local Group contains Andromeda V
LG containsGalaxy Andromeda V
NGC 224 hasSatelliteGalaxy Andromeda V
Andromeda subgroup hasMember Andromeda V