Andromeda XII

E115652

dwarf spheroidal galaxy satellite galaxy

Andromeda XII is a faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy that orbits the Andromeda Galaxy as one of its distant satellite members within the Local Group.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Andromeda XII canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ satellite galaxy ⓘ
absoluteMagnitudeV	about −6.4 ⓘ
angularSize	about 1 arcminute ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV	about 15.5 ⓘ
belongsToGalaxyGroup	Andromeda subgroup ⓘ
catalogDesignation	Andromeda XII self-link ⓘ
darkMatterContent	dominant ⓘ
declination	+34° ⓘ
discoveredBy	Martin et al. ⓘ
discoveryMethod	resolved stellar photometry ⓘ
discoveryYear	2006 ⓘ
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy	about 115 kiloparsecs ⓘ
distanceFromEarth	about 900 kiloparsecs ⓘ
galaxyType	dwarf spheroidal galaxy ⓘ
gasContent	very low ⓘ
halfLightRadius	about 125 parsecs ⓘ
hasStarFormation	no significant current star formation ⓘ
heliocentricRadialVelocity	about −558 km/s ⓘ
isFaint	true ⓘ
isGravitationallyBoundTo	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
isNearbyDwarfGalaxy	true ⓘ
isResolvedIntoStars	true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation	Andromeda ⓘ
luminosity	about 10^4 solar luminosities ⓘ
massToLightRatio	high ⓘ
memberOf	Local Group ⓘ
metallicity	low ⓘ
morphologicalType	dSph ⓘ
otherName	And XII ⓘ
radialVelocity	about −558 km/s ⓘ
rightAscension	00h 47m ⓘ
satelliteOf	Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
stellarPopulation	old ⓘ
surfaceBrightness	very low ⓘ

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

Local Group → contains → Andromeda XII ⓘ

LG → containsGalaxy → Andromeda XII ⓘ

NGC 224 → hasSatelliteGalaxy → Andromeda XII ⓘ

Andromeda XII → catalogDesignation → Andromeda XII self-link ⓘ

Andromeda subgroup → hasMember → Andromeda XII ⓘ