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Andromeda III

Dwarf galaxy · Dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

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Andromeda III
Picture: Hubble Space Telescope - Hubble Legacy Archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Andromeda III

Andromeda III is about 2.35 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 2.35 million years ago.

The map lists it as a dwarf galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Key numbers

Distance2.35 million light-years (0.72 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 331.1°, SGB +13.1°
Absolute magnitude (V)-9.5
Stellar mass1.07 × 10⁶ suns

Data: Local Volume Database v1.1.1 (Pace 2025).

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Local Group, a view about 10 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

Andromeda III is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.44 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. It is part of the Local Group and is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The galaxy was discovered by Sidney van den Bergh on photographic plates taken in 1970 and 1971.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Andromeda III, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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