And II

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And II canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −12.6
alsoKnownAs And 2
Andromeda II NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV about 14.5
belongsTo M31 satellite system
category Andromeda satellite galaxy
Local Group dwarf galaxy
constellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
contains old red giant stars
darkMatterDominated true
declination +33° 26′
discoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1972
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 220000 light-years
distanceFromEarth about 2.2 million light-years
environment outer halo of Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent very low
hasHalfLightRadius on the order of 1 kpc
hasKinematics dispersion-supported
hasMorphology spheroidal
hasStellarMass on the order of 10^7 solar masses
hostGalaxy M31 NERFINISHED
isGravitationallyBoundTo Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
locatedIn Local Group NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
observedIn near-infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radialVelocity about −188 km/s
rightAscension 01h 16m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
shows evidence of past tidal interactions
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness low

How these facts were elicited

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