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  • The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, which are 2 small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.
  • The Andromeda Galaxy, which is slightly larger than the Milky Way.
  • The Triangulum Galaxy, which is slightly smaller than the Milky Way.
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Surprisingly, Andromeda is not the closest galaxy to the milky way galaxy; Draco is the closest dwarf galaxy to the Milky Way. Following that is Ursa Minor, and then the small Magellanic cloud, and then the large Magellanic cloud. Amazingly, Andromeda is 14 galaxies away!


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