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Although a lot of people list Andromeda as our closest neighbouring Galaxy, they are in fact, incorrect. Although it is a Dwarf Galaxy, Canis Major, with about 1 Billion stars; is actually our closest neighbour at 25,000 light years.
1 Light Year = 5,878,625,373,183.61 Miles
25,000 light years = 146,965,634,329,590,200 Miles, that's over 146 Quadrillion miles.
If you want to say Andromeda as it is a Major Galaxy its is 2.5 million light years away. 14,696,563,432,959,020,000 miles, I think that is called 14 Quintillion miles.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoWe are IN the nearest galaxy (the Milkyway) then next nearest are the two satellite galaxies of the Miklyway The two Magellanic Clouds at approximately 75,000 light-years and 160,000 light years away. The next big galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy which is approximately 2.5 million light-years away.
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Far
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Which galaxy is closets to us and how far away is it?
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