What is the closest galaxy? - Astronomy Stack Exchange
Nov 19, 2020 · 2 I think that the galaxy closest to the Earth, that is, to the Milky Way, is the nebula called Andromeda, which is 2.5 million light years away. Despite this great distance, M31 is …
What is the distance of the closeset galaxy outside our local group …
Jan 2, 2023 · 5 The Milky Way is 2.5 million light years from Andromeda and the size of the Local Group has a diameter of approxmiately 10 million light years across. What is the distance from …
active galaxy - How close would a quasar have to be to be seen …
Jul 5, 2024 · Now, for a more "average" quasar: 3C 273 is the closest quasar to Earth, with an apparent magnitude of 12.9. If we moved it to 113 million light-years away, it would reach …
Is it true that we see the center of the milky-way for only half of …
Jul 15, 2020 · So at nights as we are in the orbit area that is between the sun and the center of the galaxy we are able to see the center (the "milky-way"), while when in the other side of the …
observational astronomy - Which galaxy has the best view of Earth …
Jun 29, 2024 · The closest galaxy (regardless of size) is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, which is about 42,000 light-years from the centre of the Milky Way and about 25,000 light-years from …
galaxy - Could the solar system survive in a void? - Astronomy …
Jul 9, 2019 · In the middle of an intergalactic void the closest galaxy would be orders of magnitude too far away to be visible. In fact merely moving the solar system outside of the local group …
distances - Is the light we see from stars extremely old?
Our nearest star Proxima Centauri is 4.243 light years away from Earth. Does that mean we are seeing light that is 4.243 years old everyday?
galaxy - Where does the Milky Way end? - Astronomy Stack …
Here's a rough sketch of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy, * showing their approximate sizes and distance from each other to scale: What the picture (hopefully) illustrates is the …
What is the distance between the solar systems towards the center …
Oct 28, 2019 · Since the center of our galaxy is supposed to be more dense than the spiral on which our Solar System is situated, I am guessing that the distances between adjacent Solar …
What is the closest stellar neighbour to Sirius?
Aug 2, 2021 · In our part of the galaxy the average distance between stars is about 5 light years, so it is unlikely that the closest star to Sirius will be more than about 6 light years closer or …