Right ascension 00 35 33.8 Redshift -351 ± 9 km/s Apparent size (V) 4′.5 × 3′.0 Constellation Andromeda | Declination +36° 29′ 52″ Type dSph Magnitude 15 Apparent magnitude (V) 15 | |
Distance 2.44 ± 0.08 Mly (748 ± 24 kpc) Similar Andromeda II, Andromeda IV, Andromeda I, Cassiopeia Dwarf, Pegasus Dwarf Spheroid | ||
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) and was discovered by Sidney van den Bergh on photographic plates taken in 1970 and 1971.
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