List of nearest galaxies
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This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only rough estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. Therefore, the distance ranking in this list should be seen only as approximate. Distances are given in light years (ly).
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| Rank | Galaxy | Distance from Earth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Milky Way Galaxy | 0 | Home galaxy of Earth |
| 2. | Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy | 25,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 3. | Virgo Stellar Stream | 30,000 ly | Discovered October 2005 astro-ph/0510589 |
| 4. | Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy | 81,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 5. | Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) | 168,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 6. | Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) | 200,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 7. | Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy | 240,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 8. | Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy | 254,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 9. | Draco Dwarf Galaxy | 280,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 10. | Sextans Dwarf Galaxy | 320,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 11. | Ursa Major Dwarf | 330,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 12. | Carina Dwarf Galaxy | 360,000 ly | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 13. | Fornax Dwarf Galaxy | 460,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Milky Way |
| 14. | Leo II Dwarf Galaxy | 680,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 15. | Leo I Dwarf Galaxy | 820,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 16. | Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy | 1,300,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 17. | Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822) | 1,630,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 18. | NGC 185 | 2,010,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 19. | Andromeda II | 2,130,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 20. | NGC 147 | 2,200,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 21. | Leo A | 2,250,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 22. | IC 1613 | 2,350,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 23. | Andromeda I | 2,430,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 24. | Andromeda III | 2,440,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 25. | Cetus Dwarf | 2,460,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 26. | M32 (NGC 221) | 2,480,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 27. | Andromeda VII | 2,490,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 28. | Andromeda IX | 2,500,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 29. | LGS 3 | 2,510,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Triangulum |
| 30. | Andromeda V | 2,520,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 31. | Andromeda VI | 2,550,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 32. | Andromeda Galaxy (M31) | 2,560,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 33. | Triangulum Galaxy (M33) | 2,640,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | M33 is likely the most distant naked eye object. |
| 34. | M110 (NGC 205) | 2,690,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | Satellite of Andromeda |
| 35. | Andromeda VIII | 2,700,000 ly | |
| 36. | Tucana Dwarf Galaxy | 2,840,000 ly | |
| 37. | Andromeda X | 2,900,000 ly | |
| 38. | Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy | 3,000,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 39. | Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy (WLM) | 3,040,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 40. | Aquarius Dwarf Galaxy | 3,490,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 41. | IC 10 | 4,200,000 ly | |
| 42. | Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy | 4,200,000 ly | |
| 43. | Sextans A | 4,310,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 44. | NGC 3109 | 4,500,000 ly | |
| 45. | Antila Dwarf | 4,600,000 ly | |
| 46. | Sextans B | 4,700,000 ly | |
| 47. | UGCA 92 | 4,700,000 ly | |
| 48. | UKS 2323-326 | 4,700,000 ly | |
| 49. | IC 5152 | 5,800,000 ly | |
| 50. | NGC 55 | 5,870,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group of galaxies? |
| 51. | UGCA 86 | 6,200,000 ly | |
| 52. | ESO 294-010 | 6,260,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 53. | ESO 410-G005 | 6,260,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 54. | Camelopardalis A | 6,500,000 ly | |
| 55. | IC 5152 | 6,750,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group? |
| 56. | NGC 300 | 7,010,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 57. | UGCA 438 (ESO 407-018) | 7,270,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 58. | NGC 1560 | 7,500,000 ly | |
| 59. | NGC 1569 | 7,500,000 ly | |
| 60. | GR 8 | 7,900,000 ly | |
| 61. | NGC 404 | 8,000,000 ly | |
| 62. | UGC 8508 | 8,350,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 63. | NGC 3741 | 10,210,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 64. | NGC 2366 | 10,400,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group of galaxies |
| 65. | DDO 44 | 10,400,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 66. | UGC 4483 | 10,470,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 67. | UGCA 105 | 10,630,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 68. | NGC 2403 | 10,760,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 69. | Camelopardalis B | 10,800,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 70. | DDO 6 (ESO 540-031) | 10,900,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 71. | NGC 1560 | 10,960,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 72. | Holmberg II (DDO 50, UGC 4305) | 11,060,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 73. | ESO 540-030 (KDG 2) | 11,100,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 74. | FM1 | 11,150,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 75. | ESO 540-032 | 11,200,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 76. | KK 77 | 11,350,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 77. | DDO 71 | 11,420,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 78. | M82 | 11,510,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 79. | KDG 52 | 11,580,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 80. | NGC 2976 | 11,610,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 81. | DDO 53 (UGC 4459) | 11,610,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 82. | KDG 61 | 11,740,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 83. | M81 | 11,840,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 84. | UGC 5442 (KDG 64) | 12,070,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 85. | KDG 73 | 12,070,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 86. | DDO 78 | 12,130,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 87. | F8D1 | 12,300,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 88. | BK5N | 12,330,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 89. | Camelopardalis A | 12,330,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 90. | NGC 3077 | 12,460,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 91. | Holmberg I (DDO 63, UGC 5139) | 12,520,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 92. | BK6N | 12,560,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 93. | NGC 7793 | 12,800,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 94. | KKH57 | 12,820,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 95. | NGC 253 | 12,900,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 96. | UGC 6541 | 12,920,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 97. | DDO 82 (UGC 5692) | 13,050,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 98. | BK3N | 13,110,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 99. | IC 2574 (DDO 81) | 13,110,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group |
| 100. | NGC 247 | 13,300,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 101. | Sculptor Dwarf Irregular Galaxy | 13,400,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 102. | UGC 7298 | 13,600,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 103. | Sc 22 | 13,700,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 104. | ESO 471-06 (UGCA 442) | 13,900,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 105. | UGC 7242 | 14,000,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group? |
| 106. | ESO 245-005 | 14,400,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the Sculptor group |
| 107. | UGC 6456 | 14,450,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group? |
| 108. | NGC 4236 | 14,510,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group? |
| 109. | NGC 5204 | 14,510,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | |
| 110. | DDO 165 (UGC 8201) | 14,910,000 lyTemplate:Ref label | member of the M81 group? |
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