NGC 3109
Distance:
4.19 million ly
Antlia Dwarf
Distance:
4.30 million ly
Tucana Dwarf
Distance:
2.86 million ly
Phoenix Dwarf
Distance: 1.30 million ly
Spiral
galaxies Elliptical
galaxies
Irregular
galaxies
Dwarf irregular
galaxies
Dwarf elliptical
galaxies
Dwarf spheroidal
galaxies
Cetus Dwarf
Distance:IC 1613 Distance: 2.52 million ly
2.36 million ly
KEY
WLM (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte)
Distance: 3.03 million ly
Aquarius Dwarf
Distance:
3.26 million ly
Pegasus Dwarf
Distance:
3.00 million ly
And II
Distance:
2.07 million ly
Leo A
Distance:
2.60 million ly
NGC 185
Distance:
2.15 million ly
And VI
Distance:
2.62 million ly
IC 10
Distance:
2.29 million ly
2.5 million
light-years
1.5 million
light-years
Sextans B
Distance:
4.37 million ly
Sextans A
Distance:
4.34 million ly
Leo II
Distance:
750,000 ly
And VII
Distance:
2.48 million ly
Pinwheel Galaxy (M33)
Distance:
2.76 million ly
NGC 147
Distance:
2.29 million ly
Leo I
Distance: 838,000 ly
180°
0°
270°
90°
Canis Major Dwarf
Distance: 42,000 ly
Ursa
Major II
Dwarf
Distance:
100,000 ly
Ursa Major I Dwarf
Distance: 330,000 ly
Small Magellanic Cloud
Distance: 200,000 ly
Large Magellanic Cloud
Distance: 440,000 lyFornax Dwarf Distance: 160,000 ly
Sagittarius Dwarf
Irregular
Distance: 3.42 million ly
Sextans Dwarf
Distance: 297,000 ly
Boötes Dwarf
Distance:
Draco Dwarf 200,000 ly
Distance: 293,000 ly
Barnard’s Galaxy (NGC 6822)
Distance: 1.61 million ly
Ursa Minor Dwarf
Distance: 240,000 ly
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
Distance: 82,000 ly
Sculptor Dwarf
Distance: 300,000 ly
Carina Dwarf
Distance: 323,000 ly
Milky
Way
Milky
Way
M32 (NGC 221)
Distance:
2.54 million ly
And I
Distance:
2.55 million ly
And III
Distance:
2.45 million
ly
And VIII
Distance:
2.50 million ly
And X
Distance:
Distance:And V 2.50 million ly
2.59 million ly
NGC 205
Distance:
2.65 million ly
And IX
Distance:
2.54 million ly 500,000
light-years
Andromeda
Galaxy (M31)
Distance:
2.50 million ly
77.25
El Gordo Cluster
7.25 billion light-years
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The Local Group
Edwin Hubble first listed the members of our cosmic
community back in 1936. At the time, our Local Group
was known to hold the Milky Way, the Large and Small
Magellanic Clouds, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), M32, the
Pinwheel Galaxy (M33), NGC 147, NGC 185, NGC 205, NGC
6822, and IC 1613, plus possibly IC 10. The neighborhood
has since swelled to more than 85 residents, with new small
galaxies being added all the time. Distances are shown in
light-years (ly). ASTRONOMY: ROEN KELLY
ESO/SOAR (EL GORDO CLUSTER)