My friend made me ask this. She can't ask anymore questions, so I posted it for her. And Jas, if you're reading this, please, I shouldn't have posted this. Madhuri said you can't use Yahoo! Answers as a reference, and you cheated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, who cares about Teach-teach? I dunno why you waste your time with that crap. it's one of the hardest questions on the worksheets, and both of us can't figure it out. Please help! Thanks for your research.
2006-07-17 13:36:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Actually, we're kids here, playing our school games. I care, but it was just TOO hot today. I quit, and everyone else (besides Jas, and some part of Madhuri) quit, so we're ending it. We usually play it outsaide, and it's very anoyying with all those bugs!!!
2006-07-17 13:47:23 · update #1
The Megallanic Clouds in the southern hemisphere are satellite irregular galaxies of our own galaxy, so they are the closest. There's the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud. I don't know which one's closer because I'm too lazy to Google it. But the nearest spiral galaxy (like our own) is in the northern hemisphere and you can see it on a dark night if you know where to look. It's very faint to the naked eye -- a good pair of steady binoculars would help a lot to actually see it. The Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.4 million light years away. That's 6 trillion x 2.4 million miles away. 1.44 x 10^22 miles. If you're thinking of going there, I'd bring a toothbrush. By the way, all the other stars and stuff you can see in the night sky is in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, about half the size of the Andromeda, where it's all happenin'.
2006-07-17 18:06:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest galaxy is probably actually the two satellite galaxies known as "The Magellanic Clouds" that are both roughly 100,000 light years from us. There is another nearby satellite galaxy that was only recently discovered called "The Sagittarius Galaxy" that is near to our galaxy but is on the other side of it from us. The closest major galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy, which I believe is between 2 and 2.4 million light years away, depending on the source that you read. Furthermore, it is bigger than us and it is sucking us toward it and we will merge with it in a few billion years, I am told.
2006-07-17 13:50:27 · answer #2 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The textbook answer is Andromeda, which is 2 million light years away. However, the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is the actual closest galaxy to the center of the Milky Way, at about 25000 light years away from us and 42000 light years away from the center of the Milky Way.
You should be able to use the following websites as references.
2006-07-17 13:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Keiron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People say it's Andromeda but it's not really (closest BIG galaxy). I won't say the answer though as I don't like doing other people's homework, but as a hint think of the Southern Hemisphere.
2006-07-17 13:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Andromeda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Andromeda---- 2 million light years away
2006-07-17 13:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by Achilles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I care about Teach-teach!! I teach chemistry and physics. It sounds like you have been getting your homework done by others. I suggest you take some time and research this answer yourself.
2006-07-17 13:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by physandchemteach 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Andromeda... 2.5 million light-years away
2006-07-17 13:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by WhiteHat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
amdromeda is the nearest about 500 lifetimes away
2006-07-17 13:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by Bren0 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋