Members of the Local Group of galaxies

Members of the Local Group of galaxies

Table
Members of the Local Group of galaxies
name of galaxy type    dimensions
   (light-years) distance
(106 light-
years) year of
discovery
WLM Irr 11,000 x 3,600 3.1 1909
IC 10 Irr 4,600 x 4,000 2.15 1889
Cetus dwarf E4 3,700 x 3,200 2.54 1999
NGC 147 E5 9,400 x 5,900 2.15 1829
Andromeda III E 3,200 x 2,200 2.48 1970
NGC 185 E3 9,100 x 7,800 2.15 1787
M110 E5 14,000 x 9,000 2.48 1773
Andromeda VIII dSph 35,000 x 7,900 2.7 2003
M32 E2 7,900 x 5,300 2.48 1749
Andromeda Galaxy Sb 200,000 2.48 964
Andromeda I E 1,900 2.64 1970
Small Magellanic Cloud (Magellanic Cloud) Irr 16,000 x 9,100 0.20 *
Andromeda IX dSph 4,200 2.90 2004
Sculptor dwarf E3 3,400 x 2,600 0.29 1937
LGS 3 Irr 1,500 2.64 1978
IC 1613 Irr 13,600 x 12,600 2.35 1906
Andromeda X dSph 5,900 2.90 2005
Andromeda V dSph 1,800 2.64 1998
Andromeda II E 2,300 x 1,600 2.22 1970
M33 Sc 60,000 2.58 1654
Phoenix dwarf Irr 1,900 x 1,600 1.30 1976
Fornax dwarf E3 1,600 x 1,400 0.46 1938
UGCA 92 Irr 2,700 x 1,400 4.70 1974
Large Magellanic Cloud (Magellanic Cloud) Irr 31,000 x 26,000 0.16 *
Carina dwarf Irr 2,200 x 1,500 0.33 1977
Canis Major dwarf Irr 5,200 0.03 2003
Leo A Irr 3,300 x 2,000 2.25 1966
Sextans B Irr 7,000 x 4,800 4.70 1966
NGC 3109 Irr 21,000 x 3,800 4.50 1835
Antila dwarf E3 2,700 x 2,000 4.60 1985
Leo I E3 2,300 x 1,800 0.82 1950
Sextans A Irr 6,900 x 5,800 4.00 1942
Sextans dwarf E3 7,700 x 5,500 0.29 1990
Leo II E0 2,400 x 2,200 0.69 1950
GR 8 Irr 2,800 x 2,200 7.90 1946
Ursa Minor dwarf E5 2,300 x 1,500 0.20 1954
Draco dwarf E3 3,900 x 2,400 0.26 1954
Milky Way Galaxy Sb/c 144,000 *
SagDEG E7 5,400 x 14,000 0.10 1994
SagDIG Irr 3,200 x 2,300 3.85 1977
NGC 6822 Irr 7,300 x 6,400 1.63 1884
Aquarius dwarf Irr 2,100 x 1,100 3.10 1966
Tucana dwarf Irr 2,400 x 1,000 2.84 1990
UKS 2323-326 Irr 2,100 x 1,600 4.70 1978
Andromeda VII dSph 1,600 x 1,300 2.25 1998
Pegasus dwarf Irr 3,600 x 1,900 2.48 1958
Andromeda VI dSph 8,300 x 2,600 2.54 1998
*Naked-eye object; known since antiquity.
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