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Pegasus V

Dwarf galaxy · Dwarf satellite galaxy of Andromeda

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Pegasus V
Picture: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About Pegasus V

Pegasus V is about 2.26 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 2.26 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

Distance2.26 million light-years (0.69 Mpc)
Distance methodLVDB (RR Lyrae, TRGB or other)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 326.3°, SGB +28.5°
Absolute magnitude (V)-6.3
Stellar mass5.62 × 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

Pegasus V (Peg V), or Andromeda XXXIV (And XXXIV), is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy and a minor satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy, located in the constellation Pegasus and discovered by the amateur astronomer Giuseppe Donatiello in 2022.

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

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