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What is the nearest other galaxy to our Milky Way?

April 26, 2017Astronomy Galaxy Mathematics milky way nearest

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What is the nearest other galaxy to our Milky Way?

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Andromeda is the nearest *large* galaxy to our own, but it is not the nearest galaxy. The Megallanic Clouds are much closer, in actual orbit around us. But the nearest known galaxy to the Milky Way is the Canis Minor Dwarf Galaxy, which is about 25,000 light-years from Earth, less than 1/4 of the distance to the Megallanic Clouds.