And XV

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV approximately −9.4
apparentMagnitudeV approximately 16.0
belongsTo halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
constellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
darkMatterDominated true
declination +38°
discoveredBy Andrey M. N. Belokurov NERFINISHED
Vasily Belokurov NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod wide-field imaging survey
discoveryYear 2007
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 170 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 770 kiloparsecs
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gasContent gas-poor
hasStarFormation no significant current star formation
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
isFaint true
locatedIn Local Group NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
otherName Andromeda 15 NERFINISHED
Andromeda XV NERFINISHED
radialVelocity approximately −323 km/s
rightAscension 01h 14m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
stellarPopulation old

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