Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
(WLM, DDO 221)
(irregular galaxy at edge of Local Group)
Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM or DDO 221)
is a dwarf irregular galaxy at the edge of the Local Group,
discovered in 1909. It has low metallicity, and has been
studied as a representative of such galaxies. It has other
unusual properties making it of interest, including a pronounced
rotation curve suggesting much more dark matter than usual,
and a rotation-curve asymmetry.
(galaxy,Local Group,irregular,dwarf galaxy)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=WLM+Galaxy
http://www.messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/wlm.html
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-wlm/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999ApJ...521..577H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AAS...23344902H/abstract
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| .0002 | 930kpc | 3.03Mly | | Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte |
|
| Coordinates: | WLM
J000158.1-152739 |
|
Referenced by pages:
dwarf galaxy
Local Group (LG)
Index