Andromeda VI

E110246

astronomical object dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellite galaxy

Andromeda VI is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located within the Local Group.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Andromeda VI canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical object ⓘ dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitude_V_approx	-11.3 ⓘ
alternateName	And VI ⓘ Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ Pegasus dSph ⓘ
apparentMagnitude_V_approx	14.4 ⓘ
belongsTo	Andromeda satellite system ⓘ surface form: M31 satellite system
catalogDesignation	Andromeda VI self-link ⓘ
declination_J2000_approx	+24° 35′ ⓘ
discoveredBy	Alan B. Whiting ⓘ George K. T. Hau ⓘ Mike Irwin ⓘ
discoveryMethod	optical imaging survey ⓘ
discoveryYear	1999 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromeda_approx	270 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_approx	2.66 million light-years ⓘ 815 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromMilkyWay_approx	over 2 million light-years ⓘ
environment	outer halo of Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
galaxyType	dwarf spheroidal ⓘ
gasContent	gas-poor ⓘ
halfLightRadius_approx	1.0 kiloparsecs ⓘ
hasStellarComponent	red giant branch stars ⓘ
hostGalaxy	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
locatedIn	Local Group ⓘ constellation Pegasus ⓘ
memberOf	Local Group ⓘ
metallicity_mean_approx	[Fe/H] ≈ -1.3 ⓘ
morphologicalType	dSph ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000_approx	23h 51m ⓘ
satelliteOf	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ surface form: M31
starFormationActivity	no current star formation ⓘ
stellarPopulation	old stars ⓘ

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

Local Group → contains → Andromeda VI ⓘ

LG → containsGalaxy → Andromeda VI ⓘ

Andromeda VI → catalogDesignation → Andromeda VI self-link ⓘ

NGC 224 → hasSatelliteGalaxy → Andromeda VI ⓘ

Andromeda subgroup → hasMember → Andromeda VI ⓘ