Peg DIG

E559333

Peg DIG is a small, faint dwarf irregular galaxy in the Local Group, located in the constellation Pegasus and notable for its low luminosity and sparse stellar population.

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Peg DIG canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dwarf irregular galaxy
containsComponent neutral hydrogen (H I) envelope
containsStellarPopulations red giant branch stars
young blue stars
hasAbsoluteMagnitudeV ~−12
hasAlternativeName Andromeda VI
DDO 216
PGC 71538
Pegasus DIG
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
UGC 12613
hasAngularSize ~5.0′ × 2.7′
hasApparentMagnitudeV ~13.2
hasColorIndex relatively blue for a dwarf galaxy
hasDeclination +14° 44′
hasDiscoveryYear 1959
hasDistanceFromEarth ~1.0 Mly
~300 kpc
hasDominantStellarPopulationAge intermediate-age and old stars
hasEnvironment relatively isolated within the Local Group
hasGalaxyType dIrr
hasKinematicProperty slow internal rotation or dispersion-dominated dynamics
hasLuminosity low luminosity
hasMassToLightRatio high mass-to-light ratio (dark-matter dominated)
hasMetallicity low metallicity
hasMorphologicalType Im
hasNeutralHydrogenContent gas-rich
hasRadialVelocity ~-183 km/s
hasRightAscension 23h 28m
hasStarFormationActivity low-level ongoing star formation
hasStarFormationHistory extended star formation over a Hubble time
hasStarFormationRate very low star formation rate
hasStellarPopulation sparse
hasSurfaceBrightness very low surface brightness
isGravitationallyBoundTo Local Group potential
isObservableFrom Northern Hemisphere
isSatelliteOf Milky Way (probable)
linked to: Milky Way
locatedInConstellation Pegasus
memberOf Local Group
wasDiscoveredBy Sidney van den Bergh

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