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One of the nearest galaxies to Earth is 

called the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical 

Galaxy. It is 70,000 light years away from 

the Earth. Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical. It 

is in a polar orbit around the Milky Way 

50,000 light years away from its center. 

This Galaxy is located within the 

Sagittarius constellation.

What are the two closest galaxies to 

Earth?

The Second Galaxy is the Maffei 1, is the closest known 

giant elliptical galaxy to our the Milky Way Galaxy, being 

only about   10 million light-years. Typical of large 

ellipticals, it comprises mainly old stars, many over 10 

billion years old, with some new star formation occurring 

in a small nucleus. The Maffei is about 3/4 the size of the 

full Moon. It was discorvered by The Italian astronomer 

Paolo Maffei during 1950's and 60's.

             Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy

              is one of the closest

              Irregular Galaxies to the 

               milky way, being about    

              25,000 

           Light years from The 

         Milky Way. 

    The Canis Major Dwarf                 

Galaxy was discovered in 2003 when 

astronomers analyzed infrared images of 

the Milky Way.Some Stars from Canis 

Major Dwarf Galaxy are inside the Milky 

Way, and more are coming!

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Has a pronounced central bar, and probably 

started as a Barred Spiral, and became 

disrupted by interactions with the Milky Way 

and the Smaller Magellanic Cloud. 14,000 light-

years diameter of the Milky Way (14,000 light-

years) with about 10% of the mass.   It 

contains at least one billion stars, and large 

quantities of dust and gas leading to the 

current wave of intense star formation. 

The Orion Nebula is the closest nebula to 

Earth. It is located in the constellation of 

Orion, is visible with the naked eye, and is 

about 1,344 light-years from Earth.

Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula located 

in the constellation Aquarius.   Discovered by 

Karl Ludwig Harding, probably before 1824, this 

object is one of the closest to the Earth of all 

the bright planetary nebulae. It is about 700 

light-years away from the Milky Way.

                Closest Star Types to Earth?

Groombridge 34

 Is a binary star system located about 11.7 

light years from our own Sun. It consists 

of two red dwarf stars in a nearly circular 

orbit with a separation

SIRIUS!

It is a binary star in the constellation Canis Major. 

Its distance from the solar system is about 8.6 

light-years, only twice the distance of the nearest 

known star beyond the Sun.

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