Andromeda V
01h10m 17.1s[1]
+47° 37′ 41″[1]
2.52 ± 0.09 Mly (773 ± 28 kpc)[2]
15.9[1]
Characteristics
dSph[1]
Apparent size (V)
2.0′ × 1.5′[1]
Notable features
Other designations
And V, PGC 3097824, LEDA 3097824[3]
Andromeda V is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.52 Mly away in the constellation Andromeda.[4]
Andromeda V was discovered by Armandroff et al. and published in 1998 after their analysis of the digitized version of the second Palomar Sky Survey.[2]
The metallicity of Andromeda V is above the average metallicity to luminosity ratio of the Local Group's dwarf galaxies.[5]
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".
*It is uncertain whether these are companion galaxies of the Andromeda Galaxy
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