The WLM galaxy on the edge of the Local Group
This image, captured by ESO’s OmegaCAM on the VLT Survey Telescope, shows a lonely galaxy known as Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, or WLM for short. Although considered part of our Local Group of dozens of galaxies, WLM stands alone at the group’s outer edges as one of its most remote members. In fact, the galaxy is so small and secluded that it may never have interacted with any other Local Group galaxy — or perhaps even any other galaxy in the history of the Universe.
Credit:ESO
Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey
About the Image
Id: | eso1610a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 23 March 2016, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1610 |
Size: | 8271 x 6137 px |
About the Object
Name: | WLM Galaxy |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy |
Constellation: | Cetus |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
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Screensize JPEG
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 0 1 55.77 |
Position (Dec): | -15° 27' 0.31" |
Field of view: | 29.48 x 21.87 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 90.0° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Ultraviolet u | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
Optical g | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
Optical r | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |
Optical H-alpha | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |