Astronomy

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)