... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Image credit: ESO, Acknowledgement: VST/Omegacam Local Group Survey) . First observed in 1909, the WLM galaxy is part of the Local Group, about 10 million light years (3.1 Mpc) across, this is the set of more than 35 galaxies which includes our own Milky Way. ... I compared this little galaxy to a living fossil because looking at it gives us an insight into a past era in the UniverseтАЩs history. ... Distances and metallicities for 17 Local Group galaxies? . ...

MINUTES OF THE NINETY FOURTH MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM HELD ON 29 JANUARY 2015 AT 2.00 P.M. IN THE KEPLER ROOM, ARMAGH PLANETARIUM Present: Professor A. Hibbert (Deputy Chair), Professor R. Oudmaijer, Professor T. Ray, Mr B. Hannam, Dr M. McKay, Mr P. McGurgan, Mr S. Brown, Professor L. Harra, Mrs P. Wilson Archbishop Clarke (Chair), Professor M. Merrifield ... It was agreed that the amendment should be made. ...