Andromeda XV

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Andromeda XV canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −8.7
alternativeName And XV
Andromeda 15
apparentMagnitudeV about 17.0
belongsTo Andromeda satellite system
Local Group dwarf galaxies
colorIndex red
contains old red giant branch stars
coordinateSystem equatorial
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
declination about +38° 07′
discoveredBy M. J. Irwin
T. S. Chapman
collaborators
discoveryMethod wide-field imaging survey
discoveryYear 2007
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 93 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 770 kiloparsecs
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent gas-poor
gasPhase no detected neutral hydrogen
halfLightRadius about 0.7 arcminutes
about 120 parsecs
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
hostGalaxyType barred spiral galaxy
isSatelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
surface form: M31
locatedInConstellation Andromeda
luminosity about 8×10^4 times the luminosity of the Sun
memberOf Local Group
metallicity [Fe/H] about −1.8
morphologicalType dSph
observedWith Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
surface form: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
orbitalContext satellite in the halo of M31
populationAge older than 8–10 billion years
radialVelocity about −323 km/s
redshift approximately −0.0007
rightAscension about 01h 14m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
starFormationActivity no current star formation
stellarMass on the order of 10^5 solar masses
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness very low
surfaceBrightnessProfile exponential
survey CFHT MegaCam survey of M31 surroundings

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 XV
LG containsGalaxy Andromeda XV
NGC 224 hasSatelliteGalaxy Andromeda XV
Andromeda subgroup hasMember Andromeda XV