WLM (Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte)

WLM (Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte) — galaxy, shown live in Cosmoscope, a real-time 3D map of the universe.

A long, isolated sliver of a galaxy near the edge of the Local Group, named for the three astronomers who found and charted it.

Type

Irregular dwarf (IB(s)m)

Distance

3.0 million light-years

Note

Isolated on the Local Group fringe

Seeing WLM (Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte) in real time

WLM (Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte) is placed at its true position on the sky and at its real measured distance, not as a flat backdrop. Fly out from the Sun in the live 3D view and watch it change from a point of light into structure as you approach, with the scale bar showing just how far out you have travelled.