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This would be Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, discovered in November 2003, which is approximately 25,000 light years from the Earth.
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What is name of the nearest galaxy to the milky way?
The nearest non-dwarf galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy.
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 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.
Which galaxy is the nearest to the milkyway?
The nearest and the largest galaxy to the Milkyway is the "Andromeda Galaxy."
What galaxy is considered nearest to our galaxy?
Not counting the Magellanic Clouds (which are minielliptical galaxies orbiting our galaxy), the Andromeda galaxy is the galaxy nearest to our galaxy.
How far is the nearest spiral galaxy?
The nearest Spiral Galaxy is our own Milky Way Galaxy. After that, is the Andromeda Galaxy.
What is the name of your nearest neighbouring galaxy?
The closest is one of the globular or irregular dwarf galaxies, Canis Major irregular being the nearest . The closest full sized galaxy is Andromeda.
Which is the nearest Galaxy to Milky way?
The second nearest is the Saggitarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
Which is the second nearest galaxy to milky-way?
The second nearest is the Saggitarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
What galaxy is the second nearest the earth?
Andromeda Galaxy
What galaxy is nearest to the Milky Way Galaxy?
The nearest galaxy to us is the Canis Major Dwarf about 0.025 million light years away.
What is the name of the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky way?
Andromeda, at 2.2 million light years.
