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10 Satellites Of Milky way Galaxy

10 Satellites Of Milky way Galaxy




            1. Canis Major Dwarf
                                     The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is classified as an irregular galaxy. Located about 25,000 light-years away from our Solar System and 42,000 light-years from the Galactic Center.






         2.  Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy :
                                      The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (Sgr dE) is an elliptical loop-shaped satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy and is currently about 70,000 light-years from Earth, travelling in a polar orbit at a distance of about 50,000 light-years from the core of the Milky Way.






             3.  Ursa Major II Dwarf :
                                                Ursa Major II Dwarf (UMa II dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy






        4.  Large Magellanic Cloud :
                                          The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a nearby irregular galaxy, and a satellite of the Milky Way. 






         5.  Boötes Dwarf Galaxy :
                                           The Boötes Dwarf Galaxy (Boo I dSph) is a faint galaxy. It lies about 197 kilolight-years (60.4 kiloparsecs) away in the constellation Boötes






                6.   Small Magellanic Cloud :
                                            The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy. At a distance of about 200,000 light-years.






            7. Draco Dwarf :
                                   The Draco Dwarf is a spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson






                8. Carina Dwarf Spheroidal :
                                           The Carina Dwarf Spheroidal is a dwarf galaxy in the Carina constellation





               9.  Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal :
                                          The Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal is an elliptical dwarf galaxy in the constellation Fornax






                 10.  Barnard's Galaxy :
                                    NGC 6822 (also known as Barnard's Galaxy, IC 4895, or Caldwell 57) is a barred irregular galaxy approximately 1.6 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius.





                                   





















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