Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
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| 4.0' × 2.0'
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| Pegasus
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The Pegasus Dwarf (also known as Andromeda VI or Peg dSph for short) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The Pegasus Dwarf is a member of the Local group of galaxies and a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
General informationPegasus Dwarf Spheroidal is a galaxy with mainly metal-poor stellar populations. 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 775 ± 35 kpc from Earth and a distance of 271 kpc from the Andromeda Galaxy.Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal was discovered in 1999 by various authors on the Second Palomar [Sky Survey (POSS-II)] films. Other resourcesExternal links
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