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) 
Milky Way – home galaxy of Earth
Canis Major dwarf  25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Segue 1 – 75,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Sag Deg – 70,000 ly (satellite or part of Milky Way)
Large Magellanic Cloud – 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Small Magellanic Cloud – 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Ursa Minor dwarf – 205,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Draco dwarf – 248,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Sculptor dwarf – 254,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Sextans dwarf – 257,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Carina dwarf – 283,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Fornax dwarf – 427,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
Leo II – 701,000 ly
Leo I – 890,000 ly
Phoenix dwarf – 1,271,000 ly
Barnard's galaxy (NGC 6822) – 1,760,000 ly
NGC185 – 2,021,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
NGC147 – 2,152,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
Andromeda galaxy (M31) – 2,363,000 ly
Messier 32 (NGS 221) – 2,650,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
M110 (NGC 205) – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
Andromeda I – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
Andromeda II – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
Andromeda III – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
LGS 3 – 2,477,500 ly (satellite of Triangulum)
IC 1613 – 2,494,000 ly
Triangulum galaxy (M33) – 2,592,000 ly
Aquarius dwarf – 2,608,000 ly
Tucana dwarf – 2,836,000 ly
Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) – 3,064,500 ly

 Related pages 
Galaxy
List of galaxies
Local Group
Most distant things
IC 1101: the largest known galaxy, with about 100 trillion stars.https://arxiv.org/PS_cache/astro-ph/pdf/0209/0209205v2.pdf

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