UGC 6456

E450582

UGC 6456 is a dwarf irregular galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is a member of the nearby M81 Group of galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
extragalactic astronomical object
galaxy
belongsTo Local Volume
catalog Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies NERFINISHED
catalogCode UGC 6456 NERFINISHED
celestialHemisphere Northern celestial hemisphere
distanceFromEarth a few megaparsecs (approximate)
distanceFromLocalGroup near the Local Group boundary
galaxyType dwarf irregular
groupMemberOf nearby galaxy group
hasAbsoluteMagnitude faint
hasAngularSize small on the sky
hasCoordinateSystem equatorial coordinates (right ascension and declination)
hasDarkMatterDominatedDynamics true
hasEnvironment group environment
hasGasContent neutral hydrogen (HI)
hasIrregularMorphology true
hasLowLuminosity true
hasLowMetallicity true
hasNoProminentSpiralArms true
hasPatchyStarFormation true
hasStellarMass low stellar mass
hasStellarPopulation mixed-age stellar populations
hasSurfaceBrightness low surface brightness
isDwarfGalaxy true
isGasRich true
isGravitationallyBoundTo M81 Group potential
isIncludedIn nearby galaxy catalogs
isNearbyGalaxyOf Milky Way NERFINISHED
isNonBarredGalaxy true
isPartOf nearby universe
isResolvedIntoStarsBy Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
isStarFormingGalaxy true
isUsedAs laboratory for dwarf galaxy evolution studies
locatedIn M81 Group NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Ursa Major NERFINISHED
memberOf M81 Group NERFINISHED
morphologicalType Im
observedBy ground-based optical telescopes
radio interferometers
observedIn optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
redshift low redshift
skyLocation constellation Ursa Major region
studiedFor chemical evolution in low-mass galaxies
star formation in dwarf galaxies

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M81 Group containsGalaxy UGC 6456