Peg DIG
E559333
Peg DIG is a small, faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the constellation Pegasus and notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | dwarf irregular galaxy ⓘ |
| containsComponent | neutral hydrogen (H I) envelope ⓘ |
| containsStellarPopulations |
red giant branch stars
ⓘ
young blue stars ⓘ |
| hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV | ~−12 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Andromeda VI
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
DDO 216 NERFINISHED ⓘ PGC 71538 NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus DIG NERFINISHED ⓘ Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 12613 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | ~5.0′ × 2.7′ ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | ~13.2 ⓘ |
| hasColorIndex | relatively blue for a dwarf galaxy ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +14° 44′ ⓘ |
| hasDiscoveryYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| hasDistanceFromEarth |
~1.0 Mly
ⓘ
~300 kpc ⓘ |
| hasDominantStellarPopulationAge | intermediate-age and old stars ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | relatively isolated within the Local Group ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyType | dIrr ⓘ |
| hasKinematicProperty | slow internal rotation or dispersion-dominated dynamics ⓘ |
| hasLuminosity | low luminosity ⓘ |
| hasMassToLightRatio | high mass-to-light ratio (dark-matter dominated) ⓘ |
| hasMetallicity | low metallicity ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | Im ⓘ |
| hasNeutralHydrogenContent | gas-rich ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | ~-183 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 23h 28m ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationActivity | low-level ongoing star formation ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationHistory | extended star formation over a Hubble time ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | very low star formation rate ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | sparse ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceBrightness | very low surface brightness ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Local Group potential ⓘ |
| isObservableFrom | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSatelliteOf | Milky Way (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Pegasus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasDiscoveredBy | Sidney van den Bergh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.