Pisces Dwarf

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Pisces Dwarf
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 03m 55.0s[1]
Declination +21° 53′ 06″[1]
Redshift -287 ± 0 km/s[1]
Distance 2.51 ± 0.08 Mly (769 ± 25 kpc)[2]
Type dIrr/dSph[1]
Apparent dimensions (V) 2′ × 2′[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 14.2[1]
Other designations
LGS 3,[1] PGC 3792[1]
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

Pisces Dwarf is an irregular dwarf galaxy that is part of the Local Group. The galaxy is also suspected of being a satellite galaxy of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). Because it is in the constellation Pisces, the galaxy is called the Pisces Dwarf. It displays a blueshift, as it is approaching the Milky Way at 287 km/s. It may be transition-type galaxy, somewhere between dwarf spheroidal and dwarf irregular. Alternatively, it may be a rare, but statistically acceptable, version of one of the two types.[2]

History

It was discovered

Valentina Karachentseva in 1976.[2]

Star Formation History

A study of the star formation history conducted by Miller et al. 2001 provide much information on how this galaxy developed. Apparently, the star formation rate in the Pisces Dwarf has been declining for the past 10 billion years. Most of the galaxy's stars were formed in its early years, about 8 billion years ago. The Miller study has also shown that there has been no significant star formation for the past 100 million years. Hence, most of the stars that populate this galaxy are old, metal-rich stars aged about 2.5 billion years. But there are small clusters of young, hot, blue stars on the outer areas of the galaxy.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for Pisces Dwarf. Retrieved 2007-03-15. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 McConnachie, A. W.; Irwin, M. J.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Ibata, R. A.; Lewis, G. F.; Tanvir, N. (2005). "Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 356 (4): 979–997. arXiv:astro-ph/0410489. Bibcode:2005MNRAS.356..979M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08514.x. 

Coordinates: 01h 03m 55.0s, +21° 53′ 06″

Location

Triangulum Galaxy→ Triangulum subgroup → Local Group → Virgo Supercluster → Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex → Observable universe → Universe

Each arrow (→) may be read as "within" or "part of".
H II regions
Suspected satellite galaxies
Other
  • Triangulum Galaxy in fiction
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