List of galaxies in the local group
This list contains all known galaxies of the local group .
| Surname | Galaxy type * |
Subgroup ** | Distance (thousand light years) |
Distance + - | Diameter (thousand light years) |
Alternative names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milky Way | SB (rs) bc | MS-UG | 0 | 100 | galaxy | |
| Canis major dwarf | (dIrr) | MS-UG | 25th | 20 (?) | Canis major overdensity | |
| Sagittarius dwarf galaxy | dE | MS-UG | 78 | ± 7 | 10 | SayDEG |
| Ursa Major II | dSph | MS-UG | 100 | ± 15 | 1 | - |
| Segue 2 | dSph | MS-UG | 114 | ± 1 | ? | - |
| Bootes-II-dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 136 | ± 26 | 0.5 | Boo II dSph |
| Coma Berenices dwarf galaxy | dSph | MS-UG | 137 | ± 5 | 0.5 | Com |
| Bootes III dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 150 | 0.5 | Boo III dSph | |
| Large Magellanic Cloud | Irr / SBm | MS-UG | 165 | ± 5 | 25th | GMW, ESO 56-115, PGC 17223 |
| Small Magellanic Cloud | Irr / SBm | MS-UG | 195 | ± 15 | 15th | KMW, NGC 292, PGC 3085 |
| Bootes-I-dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 196 | ± 9 | 2 | Boo I dSph |
| Ursa minor dwarf | dSph / dE4 | MS-UG | 215 | ± 10 | 2 | UGC 9749, DDO 199, A1508 |
| Sculptor dwarf | dSph / dE3 | MS-UG | 258 | ± 13 | 3 | ESO 351-30, PGC 3589, A0058 |
| Draco dwarf | dSph / dE0 | MS-UG | 267 | ± 20 | 2 | UGC 10822, DDO 208, A1719 |
| Sextans dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 280 | ± 13 | 3 | PGC 88608 |
| Ursa-Major-I | dSph | MS-UG | 325 | 3 | UMa dSph | |
| Carina dwarf | dSph / dE3 | MS-UG | 329 | ± 16 | 2 | ESO 206-20A, ESO-LV 206-2200, PGC 19441 |
| Hercules dwarf | dSph / dIrr | MS-UG | 430 | ± 40 | 2 | Her dSph, Her Dwarf |
| Fornax dwarf | dSph / dE2 | MS-UG | 450 | ± 26 | 5 | ESO 356-04, PGC 10093, A0237 |
| Canes Venatici II dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 490 | ± 49 | 1 | CVn II dSph |
| Leo IV | dSph | MS-UG | 520 | ± 49 | 1 | - |
| Leo V | dSph | MS-UG | 570 | ± 30 | 0.9 | - |
| Pisces II | dSph | MS-UG | 585 | 0.4 | - | |
| Leo II | dSph / dE0 | MS-UG | 669 | ± 39 | 3 | UGC 6253, DDO 93, Harrington-Wilson 2, Leo B |
| Canes Venatici-I dwarf | dSph | MS-UG | 718 | ± 82 | 6th | CVn I dSph |
| Leo I | dSph / dE3 | MS-UG | 815 | ± 82 | 3 | UGC 5470, DDO 74, A1006, Harrington-Wilson 1, Regulus dwarf |
| Phoenix dwarf | dIrr / dSph | MS-UG / LGW | 1450 | ± 100 | 2 | ESO 245-7, PGC 6830 |
| Barnard's Galaxy | IB (s) m | LGW (MS-UG?) | 1600 | ± 130 | 6th | NGC 6822, IC 4895, DDO 209, PGC 63616, MCG -02-50-006, IRAS 19420-1450, HIPASS J1944-14 |
| Andromeda XVI | dSph | And-UG | 1720 | ± 160 | - | |
| Andromeda XXIV | dSph | And-UG | 1960 | ± 110 | - | |
| NGC 185 | dSph / dE3p | And-UG | 2010 | ± 60 | 8th | UGC 396 |
| Andromeda XXVIII | dSph | And-UG | 2120 | ± 38 | - | |
| Andromeda II | dSph | And-UG | 2165 | ± 40 | 3 | PGC 4601 |
| Leo III | dIrr (IBm?) | MS-UG / NGC-3109-UG | 2250 | ± 325 | 4th | Leo A, UGC5364, DDO 69, PGC 28868 |
| Andromeda X | dSph | And-UG | 2290 | ± 120 | 5 | - |
| Andromeda XV | dSph | And-UG | 2300 | ± 300 | - | |
| IC 1613 | Insane | And-UG / LGW | 2365 | ± 50 | 10 | DDO 8 |
| NGC 147 | dSph / dE5 | And-UG | 2370 | ± 50 | 10 | DDO 3 |
| Andromeda XXIX | dSph | And-UG | 2380 | ± 240 | - | |
| Andromeda XIV | dSph | And-UG | 2400 | ± 500 | - | |
| Andromeda III | dSph | And-UG | 2450 | ± 50 | 3 | PGC 2121 |
| Andromeda VII | dSph | And-UG | 2465 | ± 95 | 2 | PGC 2807155 |
| Andromeda XXVII | dSph | And-UG | 2470 | ± 150 | - | |
| Andromeda XXVI | dSph | And-UG | 2480 | ± 140 | - | |
| Cetus dwarf | dSph | LGW | 2485 | ± 65 | 3 | PGC 3097691 |
| Andromeda XXIII | dSph | And-UG | 2500 | ± 140 | - | |
| Andromeda IX | dSph | And-UG | 2505 | ± 75 | 4th | - |
| LGS 3 | dIrr / dSph | And-UG / M33 | 2520 | ± 70 | 2 | Pisces dwarf |
| Andromeda I | dSph | And-UG | 2520 | ± 60 | 2 | PGC 2666 |
| Andromeda V | dSph | And-UG | 2560 | ± 80 | 2 | PGC 3097824 |
| Andromeda XI | dSph | And-UG | 2560 | ± 325 | 2 | - |
| Andromeda XII | dSph | And-UG | 2560 | ± 325 | 2 | - |
| Andromeda XIII | dSph | And-UG | 2560 | ± 325 | 2 | - |
| Andromeda XVII | dSph | And-UG | 2580 | ± 130 | - | |
| Andromeda VI | dSph | And-UG | 2595 | ± 50 | 3 | Pegasus II, Peg dSph, KKH 99, PGC 2807158 |
| Andromeda Galaxy | SBb | And-UG | 2560 | ± 50 | 140 | M31, NGC 224 |
| Andromeda XX | dSph | And-UG | 2600 | ± 700 | - | |
| M32 | dE2 | And-UG | 2625 | ± 115 | 8th | NGC 221 |
| Andromeda XXV | dSph | And-UG | 2650 | ± 150 | - | |
| M110 | dSph / dE5 | And-UG | 2690 | ± 80 | 15th | NGC 205 |
| Andromeda VIII | (dSph) | And-UG | 2700 | 30th | - | |
| Triangle nebula | SAc | And-UG / M33 | 2735 | ± 55 | 55 | M33, NGC 598, triangulum |
| IC 10 | dIrr | LGW | 2690 | ± 165 | 8th | UGC 192 |
| Andromeda XXI | dSph | And-UG | 2800 | ± 170 | - | |
| Tucana dwarf | dSph | LGW (MS-UG?) | 2870 | ± 130 | 2 | PGC 69519 |
| Andromeda XXII | dSph | And-UG | 3000 | ± 400 | - | |
| Pegasus dwarf | dIrr / dSph | And-UG | 3000 | ± 80 | 6th | UGC 12613, DDO 216, A2304, Peg DIG |
| Andromeda XIX | dSph | And-UG | 3040 | ± 200 | - | |
| Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte | Insane | LGW | 3020 | ± 80 | 10 | WLM, DDO 221 |
| Aquarius dwarf | dIrr / dSph | LGW | 3345 | ± 100 | 3 | DDO 210 |
| SagDIG | dIrr | LGW | 3460 | ± 520 | 3 | ESO 594-4 |
| Antlia dwarf | dIrr / dSph | NGC-3109-UG | 4030 | ± 210 | 3 | PGC 29194 |
| NGC 3109 | SB (s) w | NGC-3109-UG | 4075 | ± 540 | 25th | DDO 236 |
| Sextans A | dIrr | NGC-3109-UG | 4350 | ± 120 | 10 | DDO 75 |
| Sextans B | dIrr | NGC-3109-UG | 4385 | ± 325 | 8th | DDO 70 |
| Andromeda XVIII | dSph | And-UG | 4420 | ± 290 | - | |
| Reticulum II | dSph | MS-UG | 100 | |||
| Eridanus II | dSph | MS-UG | 1190 | 1.8 | ||
| Horologium I. | dSph? | MS-UG | 330 | |||
| Pictoris | dSph? | MS-UG | 370 | |||
| Phoenix ii | dSph? | MS-UG | 330 | |||
| Grus I | dSph | MS-UG | 390 | |||
| Eridanus III | dSph? | MS-UG | 290 | |||
| Tucana II | dSph | MS-UG | 230 | |||
| Triangulum II | dSph | MS-UG | 100 | 0.23 | ||
| Hydra II | dSph | MS-UG | 420 | 0.46 | ||
| Pegasus III | dSph | MS-UG | 700 | 0.36 | ||
| Grus II | dSph | MS-UG | 170 | 0.62 | ||
| Tucana III | dSph | MS-UG | 80 | 0.29 | ||
| Columba I | dSph | MS-UG | 590 | 0.68 | ||
| Tucana IV | dSph | MS-UG | 160 | 0.82 | ||
| Reticulum III | dSph | MS-UG | 300 | 0.42 | ||
| Tucana V | dSph | MS-UG | 180 | 0.10 | ||
| Indus II | dSph? | MS-UG | 700 | 1.2 | ||
| Cetus II | dSph? | MS-UG | 100 | 0.10 | ||
| Horologium II | dSph | MS-UG | 250 | 0.30 | ||
| Draco II | dSph | MS-UG | 70 | 0.13 | ||
| Sagittarius II | dSph | MS-UG | 220 | 0.26 | ||
| Crater II | dSph | MS-UG | 390 | 7.2 | Very low brightness galaxy | |
| Aquarius II | dSph | MS-UG | 350 | 1.0 |
| * Galaxy types | ||
|---|---|---|
| S. | Spiral galaxy | Types Sa, Sb, Sc |
| SO | Lenticular galaxy | also SBO |
| SB | Barred spiral galaxy | Types SBa, SBb, SBc |
| Sph | Spheroid galaxy | |
| E. | Elliptical galaxy | Types E0-E5 |
| Irr / I |
Irregular galaxy | |
| d | Dwarf galaxy | d = dwarf (dwarf) so z. B. dIrr = irregular dwarf galaxy |
| ** Subgroups of the local group |
|
|---|---|
| MS-UG | Milky Way subgroup |
| And-UG | Andromeda subgroup |
| NGC-3109-UG | NGC-3109 subgroup |
| LGW | Local group cloud |
Remarks
- ↑ Remnant
- ↑ Not to be confused with the irregular Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (SagDIG)
- ↑ Not to be confused with the galaxy cluster of the same name
- ↑ Not to be confused with the irregular Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy (SDIG)
- ↑ Not to be confused with the clusters of galaxies (Abell 1377), the dwarf galaxy was until the discovery of Ursa Major II simply as Ursa Major dwarf known