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.