And IX

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

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And IX canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
satellite galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −8.3
apparentMagnitudeV about 16.2
belongsTo satellite system of the Andromeda Galaxy
constellation Andromeda
contains old, metal-poor stars
darkMatterContent dominant
declination +43°
discoveredBy A. W. McConnachie
collaborators
discoveryMethod analysis of Sloan Digital Sky Survey data
discoveryYear 2004
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy about 45 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth about 2.5 million light-years
environment halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal
gasContent very low
isOneOf faintest known satellites of the Andromeda Galaxy
locatedIn Andromeda subgroup
Local Group
luminosityClass very low-luminosity dwarf
massToLightRatio high
memberOf Local Group
metallicity low
morphology spheroidal
otherName Andromeda 9
Andromeda Dwarf IX
Andromeda IX
redshift near 0 (Local Group object)
rightAscension approximately 00h 52m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
starFormationActivity quiescent
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness very low

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