List of Triangulum's suspected satellite galaxies
The Triangulum subgroup is made up of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) and its satellites. Although the Triangulum Galaxy does not have any proven satellite galaxies, a number of galaxies are suspected of being in the system.
Andromeda XXII[edit]
Andromeda XXII is located much closer in projection to M33 than M31 (42 kiloparsecs (140 kly) vs. 224 kiloparsecs (730 kly)). This fact suggests that it might be the first Triangulum (M33) satellite ever discovered. However, it is currently catalogued as a satellite of Andromeda (M31).[1]
Pisces Dwarf[edit]
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.[2]
Andromeda II[edit]
Andromeda II is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.22 Mly away in the constellation Andromeda. It is part of the Local group of galaxies and is a satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) but it is also situated closely to the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), it is not quite clear if it is a satellite of the one or the other galaxy.
Pisces VII[edit]
Pisces VII, also known as Triangulum III, is a candidate ultra-faint dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Pisces. Its distance has been preliminarily found to be 3.3 Mly, meaning it could be associated with the Triangulum Galaxy.[3]
Data[edit]
| Name | Type | Distance from Sun (million ly) |
Magnitude | Year discovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triangulum Galaxy | Spiral Sc | 2.88 | +6.27 | 1654? |
| Triangulum I (Andromeda XXII) | 2009 | |||
| Pisces Dwarf | Elliptical E3 | 2.51 | 1976 | |
| Andromeda II | Elliptical E3 | 2.13 | +13 | 1970 |
| Pisces VII (Triangulum III) | Dwarf UFD | 3.3 | 2021 |
References[edit]
- ^ Nicolas F. Martin, Alan W. McConnachie, Mike Irwin, Lawrence M. Widrow, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Rodrigo A. Ibata, John Dubinski, Arif Babul, Scott Chapman, Mark Fardal, Geraint F. Lewis, Julio Navarro, R. Michael Rich; "PAndAS' cubs: discovery of two new dwarf galaxies in the surroundings of the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies"; The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 705, Issue 1, pp. 758-765 (2009); doi:10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/758; Bibcode:2009ApJ...705..758M; arXiv:0909.0399;
- ^ 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.
- ^ Martínez-Delgado, David; Karim, Noushin; Charles, Emily J E.; Boschin, Walter; Monelli, Matteo; Collins, Michelle L M.; Donatiello, Giuseppe; Alfaro, Emilio J. (2022). "Pisces VII: Discovery of a possible satellite of Messier 33 in the DESI legacy imaging surveys". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 509 (1): 16–24. arXiv:2104.03859. Bibcode:2022MNRAS.509...16M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2797.
| Location | Triangulum Galaxy → Triangulum subgroup →
Local Group → Local Sheet → Virgo Supercluster → Laniakea Supercluster → Local Hole → Observable universe → Universe Each arrow (→) may be read as "within" or "part of". | |
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| H II regions | ||
| Suspected satellite galaxies | ||