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What is the closest galaxy to earth?

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The closest other large galaxy, about the size of the Milky Way, is the Andromeda Galaxy. Andromeda is the nearest galaxy to Earth. Answer: We are in the Milky Way galaxy which makes it closest to Earth. After that we have the dwarf galaxies Canis Major Dwarf and the Sagittarius Dwarf Sphr SagDEG. The nearest major galaxy would be the Large Magellanic Cloud. read more

At 70,000 light years from Earth, this galaxy was determined in 1994 to be closer to us than the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the irregular dwarf galaxy that is located 180,000 light years from Earth, and which previously held the title of the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. read more

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