And VI

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −11.3
alsoKnownAs Andromeda VI NERFINISHED
Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy NERFINISHED
Pegasus dSph NERFINISHED
apparentShape roughly elliptical
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group NERFINISHED
contains horizontal branch stars
red giant branch stars
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
declination approximately +24° 35′
discoveredBy Armandroff et al. NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod resolved star counts
discoveryYear 1999
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 270 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.7 million light-years
about 815 kiloparsecs
environment Local Group outer halo NERFINISHED
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent gas-poor
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
locatedIn constellation Pegasus
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
orbitalRelation gravitationally bound to Andromeda Galaxy
rightAscension approximately 23h 51m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
starFormationActivity no current star formation
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness low

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Andromeda VI alternateName And VI