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How far is the Canis Major Dwarf galaxy?
About 25,000 light years from us,
How far is the closest galaxy that is not your galaxy?
It is the Canis major dwarf galaxy. It is 25,000 light years away from the sun.
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 nearest galaxy to the milky way?
The nearest galaxy to us is the Canis Major Dwarf about 0.025 million light years away.
What is the name of your nearest galaxy?
This would be Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, discovered in November 2003, which is approximately 25,000 light years from the Earth.
Why is the canis major dwarf galaxy colliding with the milky way galaxy?
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is not colliding with the Milky Way Galaxy. It is located about 25,000 light-years away from the Milky Way and is in a stable orbit around our galaxy. However, interactions between the two galaxies may be affecting each other gravitationally.
What is the milky ways closest galaxy?
The nearest galaxy which is not a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way is the Andromeda Galaxy, just over 2 million light years away.
What is the closest galaxy to your galaxy?
The closest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Canis Major Dwarf galaxy at 42000 light years from our galactic core. The Andromeda galaxy, often thought to be the closest, is 2.5 million light years away.
What is the name of your closes galaxy?
The closest other galaxy to us would be the Canis Major Dwarf galaxy. It is only about 25,000 light years away (it is currently merging with the Milky Way).
What galaxy is the closest large galaxy to the milky way?
The nearest galaxy is Andromeda, which is predicted to collide with the Milkey Way, our galaxy, in billions of years.
Would the distance between the Milky Way to the next nearest galaxy be the lenght of a light year?
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is currently considered to be the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 25,000 light years from our solar system and 42,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way. Its status as a galaxy is still disputed in some scientific circles. If the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy loses its galaxy status, then the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy would reacquire the title as the Milky Way's closest neighbor. It is it is roughly 50,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
How far is it from the milkyway to another galaxy?
Andromeda galaxy is approximately 2.5 million light years from the Milky Way however there is a dwarf galaxy discovered in 2003 named Canis Major that appears to be in the process of being absorbed by the Milky Way and Canis Major is only 42000 light years from our galactic core but only 25000 light years from Earth.
