Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte

irregular galaxy in the Local Group
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Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte

Summary

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte is a low-surface-brightness galaxy[1]. Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (low_surface_brightness_galaxy category, ranking #5 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf[3].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's image is recorded as Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte - Noao-wlm.jpg[4].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's instance of is recorded as low-surface-brightness galaxy[5].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's instance of is recorded as irregular galaxy[6].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's constellation is recorded as Cetus[7].
  • Max Wolf is named after Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte[8].
  • Knut Lundmark is named after Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte[9].
  • Philibert Jacques Melotte is named after Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte[10].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's galaxy morphological type is recorded as IB(s)m[11].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's galaxy morphological type is recorded as dIrr[12].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's part of is recorded as Local Group[13].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's part of is recorded as Q67796361[14].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's Commons category is recorded as WLM galaxy[15].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as PGC 143[16].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as MCG-03-01-015[17].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as UGCA 444[18].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as HIPASS J0001-15[19].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as DDO 221[20].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 143[21].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0704vn[23].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '-0.000407'}[24].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's redshift is recorded as {'amount': '-0.000387'}[25].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.10'}[26].
  • Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+11.50'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte is credited with the discovery of Max Wolf[3].

Why It Matters

Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (low_surface_brightness_galaxy category, ranking #5 of 19).[2] Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The morphological catalogue of galaxies equatorial survey. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Spitzer Local Volume Legacy (LVL) global optical photometry. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wolf-lundmark-melotte_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wolf-lundmark-melotte}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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