This list of the nearest galaxies to Earth is ordered by increasing distance.

  1. Milky Way Galaxy - home galaxy of Earth
  2. Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy - 25,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  3. Sagittarius Dwarf - 81,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  4. Large Magellanic Cloud - 160,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  5. Small Magellanic Cloud - 190,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  6. Ursa Minor Dwarf - 205,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  7. Draco Dwarf - 248,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  8. Sculptor Dwarf - 254,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  9. Sextans Dwarf - 257,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  10. Carina Dwarf - 283,500 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  11. Fornax Dwarf - 427,000 ly (satellite of Milky Way)
  12. Leo II - 701,000 ly
  13. Leo I - 890,000 ly
  14. Phoenix Dwarf - 1,271,000 ly
  15. Barnards Galaxy (NGC 6822) - 1,760,000 ly
  16. NGC185 - 2,021,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  17. NGC147 - 2,152,000 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  18. Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - 2,363,000 ly
  19. M32 (NGS 221) - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  20. M110 (NGC 205) - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  21. Andromeda I - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  22. Andromeda II - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  23. Andromeda III - 2,363,500 ly (satellite of Andromeda)
  24. LGS 3 - 2,477,500 ly (satellite of Triangulum)
  25. IC 1613 - 2,494,000 ly
  26. Triangulum Galaxy (M33) - 2,592,000 ly
  27. Aquarius Dwarf - 2,608,000 ly
  28. Tucana Dwarf - 2,836,000 ly
  29. Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM) - 3,064,500 ly

See also