... 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 ANNUAL VISITATION BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS HELD IN THE OBSERVATORY BOARDROOM AT 10.40 A.M. ON 23 MARCH 2012 Present: His Grace, the Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper (Chairman), Canon W.M. Adair, Mr W.G. Berry, Dean G. Dunstan, Archdeacon R.G. Hoey, Professor R. Oudmaijer, Canon R.J.N. Porteus and Professor S. Smartt Canon J.N.T. Campbell, Canon J.W. McKegney, and Canon C.F. Moore Dr T. Mason, ... MINUTES BOARD OF GOVERNORS 23 March 2012 Page 8 5. ...