List of nearest galaxies

This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance.

1. Milky Way Galaxy - home galaxy of Earth
2. Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy - 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
3. Sagittarius Dwarf - 81,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
4. Large Magellanic Cloud - 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
5. Small Magellanic Cloud - 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
6. Ursa Minor Dwarf - 205,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
7. Draco Dwarf - 248,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
8. Sculptor Dwarf - 254,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
9. Sextans Dwarf - 257,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
10. Carina Dwarf - 283,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
11. Fornax Dwarf - 427,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
12. Leo II - 701,000 ly
13. Leo I - 890,000 ly
14. Phoenix Dwarf - 1,271,000 ly
15. Barnards Galaxy (NGC 6822) - 1,760,000 ly
16. NGC185 - 2,021,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
17. NGC147 - 2,152,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
18. Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - 2,363,000 ly
19. M32 (NGS 221) - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
20. M110 (NGC 205) - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
21. Andromeda I - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
22. Andromeda II - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
23. Andromeda III - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
24. LGS 3 - 2,477,500 ly (satellite of Triangulum)
25. IC 1613 - 2,494,000 ly
26. Triangulum Galaxy (M33) - 2,592,000 ly
27. Aquarius Dwarf - 2,608,000 ly
28. Tucana Dwarf - 2,836,000 ly
29. Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) - 3,064,500 ly

See also

• Galaxy
• List of satellites of Milky Way