LGS 3

E601214

LGS 3 is a faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the constellation Pisces and notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Local Group galaxy
dwarf irregular galaxy
faint galaxy
belongsTo Local Group Survey (LGS) NERFINISHED
contains neutral hydrogen gas
discoveredBy van den Bergh NERFINISHED
discoveredIn 1970s
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV about -10
hasAlternativeName Dwarf Galaxy in Pisces
KK 35
LEDA 3792 NERFINISHED
PGC 3792 NERFINISHED
Pisces Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED
UGC 1157 NERFINISHED
hasAngularSize about 2 arcminutes
hasCentralSurfaceBrightness very low
hasColor relatively red
hasDeclination +21°
hasDistanceFromEarth about 2.0 million light-years
about 620 kiloparsecs
hasDistanceModulus about 24.5 mag
hasEnvironment relatively isolated within Local Group
hasGalaxyClusterMembership none (field dwarf in Local Group)
hasGalaxyType transition-type dwarf (dIrr/dSph)
hasGasContent modest HI reservoir
hasHIIRegions few or none
hasLow luminosity
hasMassToLightRatio high
hasMetallicity low
hasMorphologicalType dIrr
hasRadialVelocity about -280 km/s
hasRightAscension about 01h 03m
hasSparse stellar population
hasStarClusterPopulation sparse
hasStarFormationHistory extended
hasStarFormationRate very low
hasStellarPopulation intermediate-age stars
old stars
hasSurfaceBrightness very low
isDominatedBy dark matter
isFaint true
isGasRich true
isResolvedIntoStars true
locatedInConstellation Pisces NERFINISHED
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED
observedWith Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED
orbits Local Group barycenter NERFINISHED

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