Andromeda VII

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Andromeda VII canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −13.3
apparentMagnitudeV about 14.5
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup
surface form: Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group
constellation Pegasus
contains old red giant branch stars
darkMatterContent dominant mass component
declination +50° 40′
discoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh
discoveryYear 1972
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 220 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.6 million light-years
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent very low
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
locatedIn Local Group
memberOf Local Group
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
otherName And VII
Pegasus dSph
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
surface form: Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy
rightAscension about 23h 26m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
shape spheroidal
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulation 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 VII
LG containsGalaxy Andromeda VII
NGC 224 hasSatelliteGalaxy Andromeda VII
Andromeda subgroup hasMember Andromeda VII