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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
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance		Lightyears
/Lookback Years		  
.0002930kpc3.03MlyWolf-Lundmark-Melotte
Coordinates:WLM
J000158.1-152739

Referenced by pages:
dwarf galaxy
Local Group (LG)
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