UGC 245

E459113

UGC 245 is a dwarf spheroidal satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy located in the Local Group.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
UGC 245 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
galaxy in the Local Group
satellite galaxy
belongsToCatalog 2MASS Extended Source Catalog
PGC
UGC
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV about -8.5
hasAlternativeName 2MASX J00424433+3833148
And XXVIII
Andromeda XXVIII
LEDA 2768
PGC 002768
hasApparentMagnitudeV ~15.2
hasDeclination +38° (approximate)
hasDistanceFromAndromedaGalaxy ~365 kpc
hasDistanceFromEarth ~1.2 Mpc
~3.8 million light-years
hasDominantDarkMatterComponent true
hasDominantOldStellarPopulation true
hasEnvironment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
hasGalaxyType dwarf galaxy
hasLowSurfaceBrightness true
hasMorphologicalType dSph
hasRadialVelocity ~-331 km/s
hasRedshift z ≈ -0.0011
hasRightAscension 00h 42m (approximate)
hasShape roughly spheroidal
hasStellarMass of order 10^5–10^6 solar masses
hasVeryLowMetallicity true
hasVeryLowStarFormation true
isDominatedByOldStars true
isGasPoor true
isLocatedInConstellation Andromeda
isMemberOf Local Group
isNearbyGalaxy true
isNonActiveGalaxy true
isResolvedIntoStars in deep imaging
isSatelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
orbitsWithin Andromeda subgroup of the Local Group
linked to: Andromeda subgroup
wasIdentifiedAsAndromedaSatellite in the early 2010s

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andromeda I alternativeName UGC 245