DDO 216

E559334

DDO 216 is a faint, nearby dwarf irregular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus that is part of the Local Group of galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV ~-12
alsoKnownAs PGC 71538 NERFINISHED
Peg DIG
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy NERFINISHED
UGC 12613 NERFINISHED
angularSize ~6.0 × 3.5 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV ~14.0
catalog DDO NERFINISHED
PGC NERFINISHED
UGC NERFINISHED
contains neutral hydrogen gas
old stars
young stars
declination +14° 44′
discoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1959
distanceFromEarth ~0.9 megaparsecs
~3.0 million light-years
environment Local Group outskirts
galaxyType gas-rich dwarf galaxy
hasComponent resolved stellar population
hasHIIRegions yes
hasStarFormation low-level ongoing star formation
isDarkMatterDominated likely
isFaint true
isGravitationallyBoundTo Local Group potential well
isIsolatedDwarf relatively isolated within Local Group
isNearby true
locatedInConstellation Pegasus NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
metallicity low metallicity
morphologicalType Im
observedIn optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
radialVelocity ~-183 km/s
rightAscension 23h 28m
stellarMass ~10^7 solar masses
surfaceBrightness low

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