And XV

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

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And XV canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf spheroidal galaxy
absoluteMagnitudeV approximately −9.4
apparentMagnitudeV approximately 16.0
belongsTo halo of the Andromeda Galaxy
constellation Andromeda
darkMatterDominated true
declination +38°
discoveredBy Andrey M. N. Belokurov
Vasily Belokurov
discoveryMethod wide-field imaging survey
discoveryYear 2007
distanceFromAndromedaGalaxy approximately 170 kiloparsecs
distanceFromEarth approximately 770 kiloparsecs
galaxyType dwarf spheroidal galaxy
gasContent gas-poor
hasStarFormation no significant current star formation
hostGalaxy Andromeda Galaxy
isFaint true
locatedIn Local Group
memberOf Local Group
metallicity low
morphologicalType dSph
otherName Andromeda 15
Andromeda XV
radialVelocity approximately −323 km/s
rightAscension 01h 14m
satelliteOf Andromeda Galaxy
stellarPopulation old

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