nearest galaxies Archives - Time Travel, Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Computing https://stationarystates.com/tag/nearest-galaxies/ Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think...Hiesenberg Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:39:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Local neighborhood of Galaxies https://stationarystates.com/astronomy/local-neighborhood-of-galaxies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-neighborhood-of-galaxies Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:39:57 +0000 http://stationarystates.com/?p=102 Andromeda is about 2.5 million light years away, and is far from the nearest galaxy to our own.   Nearest Galaxies by Type Title Galaxy Date Distance Notes Nearest galaxy […]

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]]> Andromeda is about 2.5 million light years away, and is far from the nearest galaxy to our own.

 

Nearest Galaxies by Type
Title Galaxy Date Distance Notes
Nearest galaxy Milky Way always 0 This is the galaxy containing the Sun and its Solar System, and therefore Earth.
Nearest galaxy to our own Canis Major Dwarf 2003 0.025 Mly The absolute closest galaxy
Nearest dwarf galaxy Canis Major Dwarf 2003 0.025 Mly
Nearest major galaxy to our own Andromeda Galaxy always 2.54 Mly First identified as a separate galaxy in 1923
Nearest giant galaxy Centaurus A 12 Mly

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