Andromeda II

Andromeda II
Andromeda II, as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 16m 29.8s[1]
Declination	+33° 25′ 09″[1]
Redshift	−188 ± 3 km/s[1]
Distance	2.22 ± 0.07 Mly (680 ± 20 kpc)[2][3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.5[1]
Characteristics
Type	dSph[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.6′ × 2.52′[1]
Notable features	satellite galaxy of M31
Other designations
Andromeda II Dwarf Spheroidal,[1] PGC 4601,[1][4] And II[5]

Andromeda II (And II) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy about 2.22 Mly away in the constellation Pisces. While part of the Local Group, it is not quite clear if it is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy or the Triangulum Galaxy.^{[citation needed]}

It was discovered by Sidney Van den Bergh^[6] in a survey of photographic plates taken with the Palomar 48-inch (1.2 m) Schmidt telescope in 1970 and 1971, together with Andromeda I, Andromeda III, and the presumable non- or background galaxy Andromeda IV.^[7]