Observation by Paul Leyland: Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy

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Dr Paul Leyland

Observer

Paul Leyland

Observed

2020 Oct 23 - 20:30

Uploaded

2022 Nov 04 - 17:45

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Constellation

Cetus

Field centre

RA: 00^h02^m
Dec: -15°27'
Position angle: +0°01'

Field size

0°11' × 0°13'

Equipment

0.4m Dilworth Relay
Starlight Xpress 814 Trius Pro
No filter

Exposure

545 seconds in 10 subs

Location

Tacande Observatory, MPC J22

Target name

WLM (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte)

Title

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy

About this image

WLM is an outlying member of the Local Group of galaxies, about 930 kpc away. It's a barred irregular, somewhat similar to the SMC and a little larger. Although of 11th magnitude, it has a fairly low surface brightness and the contrast stretching applied here brings out not only the galaxy but also the sky noise. WLM is so large that it only just fits in a single frame of my camera. It has one known globular cluster which lies beyond the right edge of the image; I may try to image it this coming season.

Files associated with this observation

wlm2.png (353.1 kB)

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