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List of nearest galaxies

This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. The distance ranking in this list should be seen only as a guess. Distances are given in light years (ly).

The nearest galaxies (ranked)

  1. Milky Way – home galaxy of Earth
  2. Canis Major dwarf – 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  3. Segue 1 – 75,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  4. Sag DEG – 70,000 ly (satellite or part of Milky Way)
  5. Large Magellanic Cloud – 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  6. Small Magellanic Cloud – 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  7. Ursa Minor dwarf – 205,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  8. Draco dwarf – 248,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  9. Sculptor dwarf – 254,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  10. Sextans dwarf – 257,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  11. Carina dwarf – 283,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  12. Fornax dwarf – 427,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  13. Leo II – 701,000 ly
  14. Leo I – 890,000 ly
  15. Phoenix dwarf – 1,271,000 ly
  16. Barnard's galaxy (NGC 6822) – 1,760,000 ly
  17. NGC185 – 2,021,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  18. NGC147 – 2,152,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  19. Andromeda galaxy (M31) – 2,363,000 ly
  20. Messier 32 (NGS 221) – 2,650,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  21. M110 (NGC 205) – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  22. Andromeda I – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  23. Andromeda II – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  24. Andromeda III – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  25. LGS 3 – 2,477,500 ly (satellite of Triangulum)
  26. IC 1613 – 2,494,000 ly
  27. Triangulum galaxy (M33) – 2,592,000 ly
  28. Aquarius dwarf – 2,608,000 ly
  29. Tucana dwarf – 2,836,000 ly
  30. Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) – 3,064,500 ly

List Of Nearest Galaxies Media

  • Updated map of Milky Way, added new discovered branch of the Orion Spur, added Perseus Transit

  • Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

  • The Large Magellanic Cloud revealed by VISTA

  • Enhanced image of the Milky Way satellite galaxy Boo I. Faint stars in this satellite have been artificially brightened to show membership more clearly.

  • VISTA’s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud

  • Ursa Minor Dwarf - Giuseppe Donatiello

  • PGC 60095 Draco Dwarf Hubble WikiSky

  • Herkules Zwerggalaxie

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0209/0209205v2.pdf
  2. ↑ Uson, Juan M.; et al. (1990). "The central galaxy in Abell 2029 – an old supergiant". Science. 250 (4980): 539–540. Bibcode:1990Sci...250..539U. doi:10.1126/science.250.4980.539. PMID 17751483. S2CID 23362384.
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