And XXVIII

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And XXVIII canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV approximately −8.5
alternativeName Andromeda XXVIII NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV approximately 15.2
contains red giant branch stars
darkMatterDominated true
discoveredBy Pan-STARRS 1 survey NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod resolved stellar photometry
discoveryYear 2012
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 380 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 650 kiloparsecs
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent gas-poor
halfLightRadius approximately 210 parsecs
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
isSatelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy NERFINISHED
locatedIn constellation Andromeda NERFINISHED
luminosity about 2×10^5 times the luminosity of the Sun
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
morphologicalType dSph
partOf Andromeda satellite system NERFINISHED
radialVelocity approximately −331 km/s (heliocentric)
starFormationActivity no current star formation
stellarPopulation metal-poor
old
surfaceBrightness very low

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Andromeda XXVIII otherName And XXVIII