Astronomy:Andromeda XI
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Short description: Galaxy in constellation Andromeda
Andromeda XI | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 46.3m[1] |
Declination | +33° 48′ 05″[1] |
Redshift | -0.001399 ± 0.000015[1] |
Helio radial velocity | (-419 ± 4.4) km/s[1] |
Distance | 2.6 ± 325 Mly (830 kpc)[2] |
Absolute magnitude (V) | −7.3[3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | dSph D[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 0.5 arcmin[4] |
Notable features | satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy |
Other designations | |
And XI, PGC 5056923 |
Andromeda XI (And 11) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.6 million light-years away from the Sun[2] in the constellation Andromeda.[4] Discovered in 2006,[2] And XI is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "NAME Andromeda XI". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NAME+Andromeda+XI.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Galaxies of the Local Group". http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxies.html.
- ↑ Yang, S.-C; Sarajedini, A (2012). "HST/WFPC2 Imaging of the Dwarf Satellites And XI and And XIII : HB Morphology and RR Lyraes". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 419 (2): 1362. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19792.x. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.419.1362Y.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Andromeda XI". http://spider.seds.org/spider/LG/and11.html.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda XI.
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