What is our closest galaxy?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Where can I find what the closest galaxy to our's is? Looking for the name of the planets in it too although I'd imagine that's not as hard to find.

 

[Crono]

Andromeda?

 

[acemcmac]

Alpha Centauri I think?

oh... I was thinking star system...

 

[Heisenberg]

Sagittarius Dwarf . I exhaustively search google for "closest galaxy".

 

[alrocky]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Where can I find what the closest galaxy to our's is?

Planning a trip? Didn't overstay your welcome in the ole Milky Way did you?

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sagittarius Dwarf . I exhaustively search google for "closest galaxy".

yup. andromeda is the closest outside the local group (milky way, LMC, SMC, and SD)

 

[StrangerGuy]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sagittarius Dwarf . I exhaustively search google for "closest galaxy".

yup. andromeda is the closest outside the local group (milky way, LMC, SMC, and SD)

Andromeda IS part of the Local Group, and a dominant member too.

 

[Oscar1613]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy

Originally posted by: Oscar1613

Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Sagittarius Dwarf . I exhaustively search google for "closest galaxy".

yup. andromeda is the closest outside the local group (milky way, LMC, SMC, and SD)

Andromeda IS part of the Local Group, and a dominant member too.

doh😱

turns out there are closer than sagittarius dwarf too

 

[fitzov]

Don't know, but I found this cool picture of galaxies.

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~frei/Gcat_htm/poster.jpg