Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

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Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy is a faint dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
galaxy in the Local Group
absoluteMagnitudeV about −10.3
alternateName Andromeda VI NERFINISHED
Pegasus dSph NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV about 14.2
belongsTo Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group NERFINISHED
constellation Pegasus NERFINISHED
contains horizontal branch stars
old metal-poor stars
red giant branch stars
darkMatterContent dominant
declination +05° 24′
discoveredBy Alan W. McConnachie NERFINISHED
Mike Irwin NERFINISHED
N. F. Martin NERFINISHED
collaborators
discoveryMethod resolved star counts on photographic plates and CCD images
discoveryYear 1999
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 294 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.7 million light-years
about 830 kiloparsecs
environment Local Group outer regions
galaxyType dSph
gasContent gas-poor
hasGlobularClusters none known
hasNucleus false
heliocentricRadialVelocity about −354 km/s
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
isBarred false
isDiskGalaxy false
isFaint true
isGravitationallyBoundTo Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
isIrregular false
isNearbyTo Milky Way Galaxy NERFINISHED
isNonStarforming true
isPartOf Andromeda satellite system NERFINISHED
isResolvedIntoStars true
massToLightRatio high
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
rightAscension about 23h 28m
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness low

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Andromeda VI alternateName Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Andromeda VII otherName Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
this entity surface form: Pegasus dwarf spheroidal galaxy