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Andromeda V

Dwarf galaxy · Dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Andromeda

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Andromeda V
Picture: NASA/ESA Hubble ACS; Daniel Weisz et al. & Melina Thévenot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Andromeda V

Andromeda V is about 2.47 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 2.47 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

Distance2.47 million light-years (0.76 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 343.5°, SGB +9.0°
Absolute magnitude (V)-9.3
Stellar mass8.91 × 10⁵ 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 V is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.52 Mly away in the constellation Andromeda. 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.

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

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