Galaxies

The Milky Way is just our corner. Here are 10,421 galaxies beyond it. The famous ones carry real, credited telescope photos; for the rest we draw the shape from its catalogued type and, for most, compute the distance from its redshift. Every one roams to its neighbours and the sky it sits in.

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Milky Way

Barred spiral · home

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Milky Way

Barred spiral · Home galaxy

0 ly

Large Magellanic Cloud

Irregular · LMC

163,000 ly

Small Magellanic Cloud

Irregular · SMC

200,000 ly

Andromeda

Spiral · M31

2.5 million ly

Triangulum

Spiral · M33

2.7 million ly

Sculptor

Starburst · NGC 253

11 million ly

Cigar

Starburst · M82

12 million ly

Bode's

Spiral · M81

12 million ly

Centaurus A

Elliptical · NGC 5128

12 million ly

Black Eye

Spiral · M64

17 million ly

Pinwheel

Spiral · M101

21 million ly

Whirlpool

Spiral · M51

23 million ly

Messier 106

Spiral · M106

24 million ly

Sunflower

Spiral · M63

27 million ly

Sombrero

Lenticular · M104

30 million ly

Virgo A

Elliptical · M87

54 million ly

A few of the brightest beyond the famous ones above. Browse the full 10,421 by type, or find any galaxy in search.