Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Cetus (Cet)
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Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy, 



    
        

            PJ Mahany
Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy
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Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy

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Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy, 



    
        

            PJ Mahany
Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy
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Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy

Acquisition details

Dates:
Oct. 29, 2021
Frames:
146×30(1h 13′)
Integration:
1h 13′
Avg. Moon age:
22.78 days
Avg. Moon phase:
43.31%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 5164714

RA center: 00h01m58s.8

DEC center: -15°2743

Pixel scale: 1.251 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 89.800 degrees

Field radius: 0.378 degrees

Resolution: 1538x1536

File size: 933.4 KB

Locations: Sierra Nevada Mountains, Near Yosemite, California, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

An outlier in our local group, it is around 3 million light years away. It is an edge on barred irregular spiral in Cetus. Just above it is a singular globular cluster named WLM-1. It is misidentified as a galaxy in some catalogs. 

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Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) Dwarf Galaxy, 



    
        

            PJ Mahany