Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy Explained

Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy
Epoch:J2000
Type:dIrr/dSph[1]
Dist Ly:3.0 ± 0.1 Mly (920 ± 30 kpc)
Z:−183 ± 0 km/s
Appmag V:13.2
Size V:5.0 × 2.7
Constellation Name:Pegasus
Names:UGC 12613, PGC 71538, DDO 216, Pegasus Dwarf, PegDIG

The Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (also known as Peg DIG or the Pegasus Dwarf) is a dwarf irregular galaxy in the direction of the constellation Pegasus. It was discovered by A. G. Wilson in the 1950s. The Pegasus Dwarf is a companion of the Andromeda Galaxy in the Local Group.

General information

In 1975 Tully & Fisher determined that it was part of the Local Group.[2] The metallicity and the related distance estimate has been subject to discussions in the scientific literature, with varying results; however, recently, by use of the tip of the red-giant branch, a distance within 10% error was achieved in 2000[3] [4] and then improved to 3% in 2005.[5]

In popular culture

The science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis takes place in the "Pegasus galaxy" and has shown images of an irregular galaxy. However, the franchise has not explicitly stated if it is the Irregular, Spheroidal, or an entirely fictional location,[6] but since the series claimed the Pegasus galaxy to be 3 million light years away, it is likely the irregular one.

See also

Notes

  1. NED gives the galaxy classification as both dIrr and dSph, which means that it is a transitory between dwarf irregular and dwarf spheroidal. It is noted as transitory in Cole et al. 1999.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database . Results for PegDIG . 2007-03-15 .
  2. Gallager, J S. . A Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Study of the Resolved Stellar Population of the Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (DDO 216) . Tolstoy, E. . Dohm-Palmer, Robbie C. . Skillman, E D. . Cole, A A. . Hoessel, J G. . Saha, A. . Mateo, M. . The Astronomical Journal . 1998 . 115 . 5 . 1869–1889 . 10.1086/300328 . astro-ph/9805284 . 1998AJ....115.1869G . 11370/9e84a3d9-98a1-45ad-9bab-3d703d3b0eba . 119497686 . free .
  3. Karachentsev, Igor D. . Karachentseva, Valentina E. . Huchtmeier, Walter K. . Makarov, Dmitry I. . A Catalog of Neighboring Galaxies . The Astronomical Journal . 2004 . 127 . 4 . 2031–2068 . 2004AJ....127.2031K . 10.1086/382905. free .
  4. Book: van den Bergh , Sidney . Sidney van den Bergh

    . Sidney van den Bergh . The Galaxies of the Local Group . 2000 . . Cambridge, UK . 0-521-65181-6 . 2000glg..book.....V .

  5. 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. astro-ph/0410489 .
  6. "The Return" (Stargate Atlantis)
  7. Cole, Andrew A. . Tolstoy, Eline . Gallagher, John S., III . Hoessel, John G. . Mould, Jeremy R. . Holtzman, Jon A. . Saha, Abhijit . Ballester, Gilda E. . Burrows, Christopher J. . Clarke, John T. . Crisp, David . Griffiths, Richard E. . Grillmair, Carl J. . Hester, Jeff J. . Krist, John E. . Meadows, Vikki . Scowen, Paul A. . Stapelfeldt, Karl R. . Trauger, John T. . Watson, Alan M. . Westphal, James R. . Stellar Populations at the Center of IC 1613 . The Astronomical Journal . 1999 . 118 . 4 . 1657–1670 . 1999AJ....118.1657C . 10.1086/301042. astro-ph/9905350 . 17566586 .

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