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Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte
(WLM)
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Wolf-Lundmark-Melottehas declination -15d27m51shas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has right ascension 00h01m57.9shas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has NED datahas URL: http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=WLM&extend=yes&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has magnitude 11.03has source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has diameter 11.5 × 4.0 arcminutehas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has distance 4.2 million light years2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
has synonym WLMhas source: NED, 2001-09-27 09:31:21.0
is a part of Local Group2001-09-27 09:31:20.0
has definition A dwarf E5 elliptical galaxy, sometimes considered a member of the Local Group.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:31:20.0
is an instance of irregular galaxyhas URL: http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/wlm.html, 2001-09-27 09:31:20.0
galaxyhas number of stars 106 to 10122001-09-27 09:31:09.0
has catalog galaxy catalog2001-09-27 09:31:09.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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