And VII

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

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And VII canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −13.3
alsoKnownAs Andromeda VII NERFINISHED
Cassiopeia dSph NERFINISHED
Cassiopeia dwarf spheroidal galaxy NERFINISHED
belongsTo Andromeda satellite system NERFINISHED
Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies NERFINISHED
discoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1972
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 220 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.4 million light-years
dominantStellarPopulationAge older than 8 billion years
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent gas-poor
hasComponent dark matter halo
hasProperty dominated by old, metal-poor stars
little or no current star formation
pressure-supported stellar system
locatedIn constellation Cassiopeia
luminosityClass dwarf galaxy
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
orbits Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
redshift approximately 0
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness low

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Andromeda VII otherName And VII