Category

Milky Way Subgroup

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Large Magellanic Cloud

irregular galaxy, satellite of the Milky Way

Small Magellanic Cloud

irregular galaxy, satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

Magellanic Clouds

two dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way

globular cluster

Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy

Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy

disputed irregular galaxy located near the constellation Canis Major

Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy

dwarf spheroidal galaxy located in the constellation of the same name

list of satellites of the Milky Way

Wikimedia list article

spheroidal galaxy which was discovered by Albert George Wilson of Lowell Observatory in 1954

Magellanic Stream

neutral hydrogen (HI) flux formed by the gravitational interaction of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds

Ursa Minor Dwarf

dwarf elliptical galaxy

Ursa Major II Dwarf

dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal

Ursa Major I Dwarf

dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation

long, complex ring of stars that wraps around the Milky Way three times

Virgo Stellar Stream

Magellanic Bridge

stream of neutral hydrogen gas linking the two Magellanic clouds

Sagittarius Stream

structure of stars

Canes Venatici I

dwarf galaxy is located behind the Galactic disc at a latitude of b∼11∘

dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Canes Venatici II

Pisces Overdensity

satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

Milky Way satellite dwarf galaxy

extremely faint satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

Fimbulthul stream

tidal stellar stream torn off from Omega Centauri