Cosmic Exploration · galaxy

WLM (Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte)

Dwarf irregular · 3.04 million ly

Morphology
Dwarf irregular
Type
Galaxy
Dec (deg)
-15.46389
Distance from Earth
3040000
Diameter (ly)
8000
Notes
One of the most isolated members, which makes it useful: whatever shaped it, it was not a large neighbour.
RA (deg)
0.49125
Subgroup
Independent
Coordinates
00h 01m 57.9s −15° 27′ 50.0″ · MCG-03-01-015 via Sc

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From the Celestial Objects database in Notion, last edited 2026-08-21. This page is the row, rendered by the build; nothing on it is written by hand.