Andromeda V Explained

Andromeda V
Type:	dSph^[1]
Dist Ly:	2.52 ± 0.09 Mly (773 ± 28 kpc)
Z:	-403 ± 4 km/s
Appmag V:	15.9
Size V:	2.0 × 1.5
Constellation Name:	Andromeda
Notes:	satellite galaxy of M31
Names:	And V, PGC 3097824, LEDA 3097824^[2]

Andromeda V is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.52 Mly away in the constellation Andromeda.^[3]

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.^[4]

The metallicity of Andromeda V is above the average metallicity to luminosity ratio of the Local Group's dwarf galaxies.^[5]

See also

• List of Andromeda's satellite galaxies

External links

• SEDS: Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Andromeda V
• SIMBAD: And V -- Galaxy

Notes and References

1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for Andromeda V . 2006-11-29 .
2. NAME Andromeda V . 2006-11-29.
3. A Survey for Low Surface Brightness Galaxies around M31. I. The Newly Discovered Dwarf Andromeda V . Armandroff, Taft E. . Davies, James E. . Jacoby, George H. . The Astronomical Journal . 116 . 5 . 2287–2296 . 1 November 1998 . 10.1086/300619 . 1998AJ....116.2287A . astro-ph/9807232 . 2362860 .
4. McConnachie, A. W. . Irwin, M. J. . Ferguson, A. M. N. . Ibata, R. A. . Lewis, G. F. . Tanvir, N. . Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies . . 2005 . 356 . 4 . 979–997 . 2005MNRAS.356..979M . 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08514.x . free . astro-ph/0410489 .
5. van den Bergh . Sidney . Sidney van den Bergh . Updated Information on the Local Group . April 2000 . The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 112 . 770 . 2000PASP..112..529V . 529–536 . 10.1086/316548 . astro-ph/0001040 . 1805423 .