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Andromeda XXXVI

Dwarf galaxy · Dwarf galaxy in constellation Andromeda

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Andromeda XXXVI
Picture: Giuseppe Donatiello, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Andromeda XXXVI

Andromeda XXXVI is about 2.53 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 2.53 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

Distance2.53 million light-years (0.78 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 343.8°, SGB +8.0°
Absolute magnitude (V)-5.9
Stellar mass3.98 × 10⁴ 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 XXXVI (And XXXVI) is an ultra-faint dwarf spheroidal galaxy located at a distance of 776 kiloparsecs, or 2.53 million light-years, from the Sun in the constellation of Andromeda, within the Local Group. It is one of the faintest ultra-faint dwarf galaxies of M31 discovered to date.

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

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