This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance. Many of the distances are only estimates, and some may be incorrect by 50% or more. The distance ranking in this list should be seen only as a guess. Distances are given in light years (ly).
The nearest galaxies (ranked) Milky Way – home galaxy of Earth Canis Major dwarf 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Segue 1 – 75,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Sag DEG – 70,000 ly (satellite or part of Milky Way) Large Magellanic Cloud – 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Small Magellanic Cloud – 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Ursa Minor dwarf – 205,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Draco dwarf – 248,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Sculptor dwarf – 254,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Sextans dwarf – 257,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Carina dwarf – 283,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Fornax dwarf – 427,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way) Leo II – 701,000 ly Leo I – 890,000 ly Phoenix dwarf – 1,271,000 ly Barnard's galaxy (NGC 6822) – 1,760,000 ly NGC185 – 2,021,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda) NGC147 – 2,152,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda) Andromeda galaxy (M31) – 2,363,000 ly Messier 32 (NGS 221) – 2,650,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda) M110 (NGC 205) – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda) Andromeda I – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda) Andromeda II – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda) Andromeda III – 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda) LGS 3 – 2,477,500 ly (satellite of Triangulum) IC 1613 – 2,494,000 ly Triangulum galaxy (M33) – 2,592,000 ly Aquarius dwarf – 2,608,000 ly Tucana dwarf – 2,836,000 ly Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) – 3,064,500 ly
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IC 1101: the largest known galaxy, with about 100 trillion stars.