The WLM galaxy on the edge of the Local Group

Eso_eso1610a_1024

eso_eso1610a March 23rd, 2016

Credit: ESO Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey

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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1610a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
WLM Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy
Eso_eso1610a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 1m 55.8s
DEC = -15° 27’ 0.3”
Orientation
North is 90.0° CW
Field of View
29.5 x 21.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (H-alpha) -
Red VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (r) -
Green VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (g) -
Blue VST (OmegaCAM) Ultraviolet (u) -
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ID
eso1610a
Subject Category
C.5  
Subject Name
WLM Galaxy
Credits
ESO Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey
Release Date
2016-03-23T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1610a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument
OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment
Magenta, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
H-alpha, r, g, u
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
0.482365262808, -15.4500863751
Reference Dimension
8271.0, 6137.0
Reference Pixel
4135.5, 3068.5
Scale
-5.93947535246e-05, 5.93947535246e-05
Rotation
-90.020000000000053
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1610a
Metadata Date
2016-02-07T10:40:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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