And XII

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
And XII canonical 1

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Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV about −6.4
apparentBrightness faint
belongsTo Andromeda satellite system
category Dwarf galaxies
Local Group galaxies
Satellite galaxies of Andromeda
constellation Andromeda
darkMatterContent dark-matter-dominated
discoveredBy Martin et al.
discoveryMethod resolved stellar photometry
discoveryYear 2006
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 115000 parsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 900000 light-years
environment outer halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gasContent gas-poor
hasStarFormation no current star formation detected
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
locatedIn Local Group
luminosity very low
memberOf Local Group
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
otherName Andromeda 12
Andromeda XII
radialVelocityRelativeToAndromedaGalaxy unbound or marginally bound
radialVelocityRelativeToMilkyWay high
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
shape spheroidal
stellarPopulation old
surfaceBrightness very low

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Andromeda XII otherName And XII