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The nearest large galaxy to our own is 2.5 million in light years away how many in meters?
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Closet galaxy to the milky way galaxy?
The nearest known is the very small Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy at 25,000 light years, a 'satellite' galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. This was only discovered in 2003, so there may be an unknown small galaxy closer. If you want the closest galaxy that is not a Milky Way satellite, that seems to be NGC 185 at just over 2 million light years, though this is in turn a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Finally, M31 is the nearest galaxy that is anything like the Milky Way, a large spiral with its own satellites. It's about 2.5 million light years away.
What is the nearest galexy?
The nearest major galaxy is Andromeda which is only 2.5 million light years away. There are two dwarf galaxies near the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud roughly 75,000 light years away.In about 2.5 billion years, Andromeda and the Milky Way will merge.
Where is the next galaxy?
The nearest large Galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy or M31 (also Great Andromeda Nebula in old texts)It is a spiral galaxy, located about 2.5 million years from us.Unlike most galaxies, the Andromeda Galaxy is getting nearer to us and will eventually in a few billion years time "merge" with the Milky Way.See related link for more information
What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way Galaxy?
The closest galaxy to our galaxy the Sagittarius galaxy but its Dwarf Galaxy, Andromeda is the Complete Galaxy and yet classified as the Galaxy which is closest to our galaxy. Facts : There are 12 Dwarf galaxies and 1 complete galaxy within the distance of 500,000 light years. Andromeda Galaxy is moving towards our galaxy at the speed 300,000 Kilometers per hour, but its so far that i would take millions of year to have a clash.
How big is the Pinwheel galaxy?
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs away in the constellation Ursa MajorM101 is a relatively large galaxy compared to the Milky Way. With a diameter of 170,000 light-years it is seventy percent larger than the Milky Way.It has a disk mass on the order of 100 billion solar masses, along with a small bulge of about 3 billion solar masses.
What is the name of the galaxy which is nearest to your own?
The Andromeda galaxy is the nearest large galaxy. There are several "dwarf" galaxies which are nearer, including the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds
What is the milky way galaxy nearest large neighboring galaxy?
the andromeda galaxy
What is the Milky Way Galaxy's nearest large neighboring galaxy?
the andromeda galaxy
What is the name of your large galaxy nearest to your milky way?
Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way Galaxy. It is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 30 other smaller galaxies.
What are the biggest galaxy near your galaxy?
The nearest 'large' galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy, nearly identical to our own Milky Way Galaxy but slightly larger
What is the relationship between the milky way galaxy and Andromeda?
They are two separate, independent, rather large, neighboring galaxies, situated about2.24 million light years apart. Each is the other's nearest neighbor galaxy.
Is there a sister galaxy to the milkyway galaxy?
The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy. It is of similar size and is visible in dark skies.
How far is the nearest gallaxy?
The Magellanic Clouds are the nearest at 160,00 (Large) 200,000 (Small) light years though considered satellite galaxies to the Milky Way. The Andromeda galaxy at 2.5 million light years is almost identical to ours though slightly larger is the nearest separate galaxy. It is still a part of the 'Local group'.
What do you see on a trip from the sun to the nearest galaxy?
A very large amount of darkness
How many light-years is the earth from the nearest eliptical galaxy?
The nearest elliptical is further away, unless you count dwarf elliptical galaxies, in which case there's one or two much closer to us. The nearest large elliptical is about 10 million light years away. The nearest dwarf elliptical is only about 0.8 million light years away.
Closet galaxy to the milky way galaxy?
The nearest known is the very small Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy at 25,000 light years, a 'satellite' galaxy that orbits the Milky Way. This was only discovered in 2003, so there may be an unknown small galaxy closer. If you want the closest galaxy that is not a Milky Way satellite, that seems to be NGC 185 at just over 2 million light years, though this is in turn a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Finally, M31 is the nearest galaxy that is anything like the Milky Way, a large spiral with its own satellites. It's about 2.5 million light years away.
Is our galaxy separated from its neighbors by a large space?
A very large space indeed, the closest galaxy is Andromeda 2.2 million light years away.
