And XII

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

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Label Occurrences
And XII canonical 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −6.4
apparentBrightness faint
belongsTo Andromeda satellite system NERFINISHED
category Dwarf galaxies
Local Group galaxies
Satellite galaxies of Andromeda
constellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
discoveredBy Martin et al. NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod resolved stellar photometry
discoveryYear 2006
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 115000 parsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 900000 light-years
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gasContent gas-poor
hasStarFormation no current star formation detected
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
locatedIn Local Group NERFINISHED
luminosity very low
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
otherName Andromeda 12 NERFINISHED
Andromeda XII NERFINISHED
radialVelocityRelativeToAndromedaGalaxy unbound or marginally bound
radialVelocityRelativeToMilkyWay high
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
shape spheroidal
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness very low

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Andromeda XII otherName And XII