Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

"Andromeda 6" redirects here. For the star, see 6 Andromedae. Dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Pegasus

Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Hubble Space Telescope image of Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension	23 51 46.3
Declination	+24° 34′ 57″
Redshift	−354 ± 3 km/s
Distance	2.7 ± 0.1 Mly (820 ± 20 kpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.2
Characteristics
Type	dSph
Apparent size (V)	4.0′ × 2.0′
Notable features	-
Other designations
Pegasus II, Andromeda VI, Peg dSph, KKH 99, PGC 2807158

The Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal (also known as Andromeda VI or Peg dSph for short) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The Pegasus Dwarf is a member of the Local Group and a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).

General information

The Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal is a galaxy with mainly metal-poor stellar populations. Its metallicity is ≃ −1.3. It is located at the right ascension 23h51m46.30s and declination +24d34m57.0s in the equatorial coordinate system (epoch J2000.0), and in a distance of 820 ± 20 kpc from Earth and a distance of 294 ± 8 kpc from the Andromeda Galaxy.

The galaxy was discovered in 1999 by various authors on the Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II) films.

For an angular distance θ between C and G, their mutual linear distance R is given by:
R = D
_g + D
_c - 2 × D_g × D_c × cos(θ)

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v t e Andromeda Galaxy
Location	Andromeda Galaxy → Andromeda subgroup → Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster → Laniakea Supercluster → Local Hole → Observable universe → Universe Each → may be read as "within" or "part of".	Andromeda Galaxy
Satellite galaxies	M32 M110 NGC 185 NGC 147 Andromeda I Andromeda II Andromeda III Andromeda IV* Andromeda V Andromeda VI Andromeda VII Andromeda VIII Andromeda IX Andromeda X Andromeda XI Andromeda XII Andromeda XIII Andromeda XIV Andromeda XV Andromeda XVI Andromeda XVII Andromeda XVIII Andromeda XIX Andromeda XX Andromeda XXI Andromeda XXII Andromeda XXIII Andromeda XXIV Andromeda XXV Andromeda XXVI Andromeda XXVII Andromeda XXVIII Andromeda XXIX Triangulum subgroup* *It is uncertain whether these are companion galaxies of the Andromeda Galaxy
Catalogued stars	AE Andromedae AF Andromedae M31-RV
Other	Andromeda–Milky Way collision S Andromedae Mayall II M32p NGC 206 3XMM J004232.1+411314
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