Andromeda XXII

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = Andromeda XXII

| epoch = J2000

| type = dSph

| ra = {{RA|01|27|40}}{{cite simbad|title=NAME Andromeda XXII|accessed 2018 March 17}}

| dec = {{DEC|+28|05|25}}Deep Sky Observer's Companion, [https://www.docdb.net/show_object.php?id=andromeda_xxii Andromeda XXII] (accessed 2 April 2011)

| dist_ly = {{convert|940|-|1033|kpc|e6ly}}

| appmag_v = 18.0

| size_v =

| constellation name = Pisces

| notes = Satellite galaxy
of Triangulum

| names = Andromeda XXII, And XXII, And 22, Pisces VI, Psc VI, Triangulum I, Tri I

}}

Andromeda XXII (Pisces VI, Triangulum I) is a low surface brightness dwarf spheroidal galaxy about {{convert|940|-|1033|kpc|e6ly}} away from the Sun in the constellation Pisces, of the Local Group.

Andromeda XXII is located much closer in projection to M33 than M31 [{{convert|42|kpc|e3ly}} vs. {{convert|224|kpc|e3ly}}]. 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).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}};

The discovery arose from the first year data of a photometric survey of the M31/M33 subgrouping of the Local Group by the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey (PAndAS). This survey was conducted with the Megaprime/MegaCam wide-field camera mounted on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.

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