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=== List === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"| |+ Properties of galactic bodies in and around the Local Group<ref name=McConnachie/> |- ! Name ! Type ! Constellation ! Notes |- ! colspan="4" | [[Spiral galaxies]] |- | [[Andromeda Galaxy]] (M31, NGC 224) | SAb | [[Andromeda (constellation)|Andromeda]] |Largest galaxy in the group<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite journal |last1=Kalirai |first1=Jason S. |last2=Beaton |first2=Rachael L. |last3=Geha |first3=Marla C.|author3-link= Marla Geha |last4=Gilbert |first4=Karoline M. |last5=Guhathakurta |first5=Puragra |last6=Kirby |first6=Evan N. |last7=Majewski |first7=Steven R. |last8=Ostheimer |first8=James C. |last9=Patterson |first9=Richard J. |last10=Wolf |first10=Joe |year=2018 |title=Evidence for an Intermediate-Mass Milky Way from Gaia DR2 Halo Globular Cluster Motions |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=873 |issue=2 |pages=118 |arxiv=1804.11348 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab089f |bibcode=2019ApJ...873..118W|s2cid=85463973 |doi-access=free }}</ref><br>Diameter (D<sub>25</sub> isophote): 152,000 light-years<br>Mass: {{val|1.5|0.5|e=12|u={{solar mass}}}}<br>Number of stars: ca. {{val|e=12}}. |- | [[Milky Way Galaxy]] | SBbc | [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]] (centre) |Second largest galaxy in the group, which may or may not be the most massive galaxy of the group.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Watkins|first1=Laura L.|last2=van der Marel|first2=Roeland P.|last3=Sohn|first3=Sangmo Tony|last4=Evans|first4=N. Wyn|title=Evidence for an Intermediate-Mass Milky Way from Gaia DR2 Halo Globular Cluster Motions|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|year=2019|volume=873|issue=2|page=118|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab089f|arxiv=1804.11348|bibcode=2019ApJ...873..118W|s2cid=85463973 |doi-access=free }}</ref><br>Diameter (D<sub>25</sub> isophote): 87,400 light-years<br>Mass: {{val|1.54|0.1|e=12|u={{solar mass}}}}<br>Number of stars: {{val|2.5|1.5|e=11}}. |- | [[Triangulum Galaxy]] (M33, NGC 598) | SAcd | [[Triangulum]] | Third largest, only unbarred spiral galaxy and possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy.<br>Diameter (D<sub>25</sub> isophote): 60,000 light-years<br>Mass: {{val|5|e=10|u={{solar mass}} }}<br>Number of stars: {{val|4|e=10}}. |- ! colspan="4" | [[Magellanic spiral galaxies]] |- | [[Large Magellanic Cloud]] (LMC, Dorado Dwarf) | Irr/SB(s)m | [[Dorado]] | Fourth largest member of the group, satellite of Milky Way and only Magellanic Spiral Galaxy in the local group<br>Mass: {{val|1|e=10|u={{solar mass}}}}<br>Diameter (D<sub>25</sub> isophote): 32,200 light-years |- | [[NGC 3109]] (Antlia Sextans galaxy l) | SB(s)m | [[Hydra (constellation)|Hydra]] | Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]] |- ! colspan="4" | [[Elliptical galaxies]] |- | [[Messier 32|M32]] (NGC 221, Andromeda Dwarf) | cE2 | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy, shows signs of a supermassive black hole |- ! colspan=4 | [[Irregular galaxies]] |- | [[Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte]] (WLM, DDO 221) | Ir+ | [[Cetus]] | Possible size between [[Small Magellanic Cloud]] and [[Large Magellanic Cloud]] |- | [[IC 10]] (Cascopea IV, PGC 4774942-40+4) | KBm or Ir+ | [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]] | Only known starbust galaxy in the Local Group |- | [[Small Magellanic Cloud]] (SMC, NGC 292, Tucana galaxy) | SB(s)m pec | [[Tucana]] | Satellite of Milky Way, 6th largest galaxy in the local group mass: 7 × 10<sup>9</sup> {{solar mass}} |- | [[Pisces Dwarf]] (LGS3,Pisces I dwarf irregular) | Irr | [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]] | Possible satellite of the Triangulum Galaxy |- | [[IC 1613]] (UGC 668, UGCA 47954) | IAB(s)m V | [[Cetus]] | |- | [[Phoenix Dwarf]] (Phoenix I dwarf) | Irr | [[Phoenix (constellation)|Phoenix]] | |- | [[Leo A]] (Leo III, PCA QA JO74974) | IBm V | [[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] | |- | [[Aquarius Dwarf]] (DDO 210, Aquarius I, ESO 497-4054.4591 G) | IB(s)m | [[Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]] | Distance 3.2 million light years. Quite isolated in space, membership to Local Group established in 1999.<ref name="Bergh2000">{{Cite journal |last=van den Bergh |first=Sidney |date=April 2000 |title=Updated Information on the Local Group |journal=The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |volume=112 |issue=770 |pages=529–536 |arxiv=astro-ph/0001040 |bibcode=2000PASP..112..529V |doi=10.1086/316548 |s2cid=1805423 |author-link1=Sidney van den Bergh}}</ref> |- | [[SagDIG]] (Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy, Sagittarius II) | IB(s)m V | [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]] | Most remote from [[barycenter]] member thought to be in the Local Group.<ref name="Bergh2000" /> |- | [[NGC 6822]] (Barnard's Galaxy, AO 4797) | IB(s)m IV-V | [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]] | |- | [[Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy|Pegasus Dwarf]] (Pegasus Dwarf Irregular, DDO 216) | Irr | [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]] | |- |[[UGC 4879]] (VV124) |IAm |[[Ursa Major]] |One of the most isolated galaxies in Local Group. Situated at the edge of the Local Group. |- |[[Sextans A]] (UGCA 205, AO 4977) |Ir+V |[[Sextans]] |Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]] |- |[[Sextans B]] (UGC 5373, QRT 947748) |Ir+IV-V |[[Sextans]] |Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]] |- |[[Leo P]] (AGC 19470059) |Irr |[[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] |Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]], extraordinarily low metallicity (Z = 0.03ZMW) |- |[[AGC 198606]] (Leo VI) |Irr? |[[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] |Gas-rich ultra-faint dwarf galaxy |- |[[AGC 215417]](Leo VII) |Irr? |[[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] |Gas-rich ultra-faint dwarf galaxy |- |[[AGC 219656]] |Irr? |[[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] |Gas-rich ultra-faint dwarf galaxy |- |[[AGC 249525]] |Irr? |[[Boötes]] |Gas-rich ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, Situated at the edge of the Local Group |- |[[AGC 268069]] |Irr? |[[Serpens]] |Gas-rich ultra-faint dwarf galaxy |- ! colspan=4 | [[Dwarf elliptical galaxies]] |- | [[Messier 110|M110]] (NGC 205) | dE6p | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy and 5th largest galaxy with the mass of 9.3 billion solar masses. |- | [[NGC 147]] (DDO 3) | dE5 pec | Cassiopeia | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- ! colspan=4 | [[Dwarf spheroidal galaxies]] |- | [[Boötes I]] (DDO 9774998.074÷×47) | dSph | [[Boötes]] |satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Cetus Dwarf]] | dSph/E4 | Cetus |3.4 million light-years away size:999 light-years |- | [[Canes Venatici I Dwarf]] and [[Canes Venatici II Dwarf]] | dSph | [[Canes Venatici]] | Satellites of the Milky Way<ref name=Zucker2006>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zucker | first1 = D. B. | last2 = Belokurov | first2 = V. | last3 = Evans | first3 = N. W. | last4 = Wilkinson | first4 = M. I. | last5 = Irwin | first5 = M. J. | last6 = Sivarani | first6 = T. | last7 = Hodgkin | first7 = S. | last8 = Bramich | first8 = D. M. | last9 = Irwin | first9 = J. M. | last10 = Gilmore | doi = 10.1086/505216 | first10 = G. | last11 = Willman | first11 = B. | last12 = Vidrih | first12 = S. | last13 = Fellhauer | first13 = M. | last14 = Hewett | first14 = P. C. | last15 = Beers | first15 = T. C. | last16 = Bell | first16 = E. F. | last17 = Grebel | first17 = E. K. | last18 = Schneider | first18 = D. P. | last19 = Newberg | first19 = H. J. | last20 = Wyse | first20 = R. F. G. | last21 = Rockosi | first21 = C. M. |author-link21=Constance M. Rockosi| last22 = Yanny | first22 = B. | last23 = Lupton | first23 = R. | last24 = Smith | first24 = J. A. | last25 = Barentine | first25 = J. C. | last26 = Brewington | first26 = H. | last27 = Brinkmann | first27 = J. | last28 = Harvanek | first28 = M. | last29 = Kleinman | first29 = S. J. | last30 = Krzesinski | first30 = J. | title = A New Milky Way Dwarf Satellite in Canes Venatici | journal = The Astrophysical Journal | volume = 643 | issue = 2 | pages = L103 | year = 2006 |arxiv = astro-ph/0604354 |bibcode = 2006ApJ...643L.103Z | s2cid = 119421888 }}</ref><ref name=Martin2007>{{Cite journal | last1 = Martin | first1 = N. F. | last2 = De Jong | first2 = J. T. A. | last3 = Rix | first3 = H. W. | doi = 10.1086/590336 | title = A Comprehensive Maximum Likelihood Analysis of the Structural Properties of Faint Milky Way Satellites | journal = The Astrophysical Journal | volume = 684 | issue = 2 | pages = 1075–1092 | year = 2008 |arxiv = 0805.2945 |bibcode = 2008ApJ...684.1075M | s2cid = 17838966 }}</ref> |- | [[Andromeda III]] | dE2 | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[NGC 185]] | dE3 pec | Cassiopeia | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda I]] | dE3 pec | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Sculptor Dwarf]] (E351-G30) | dE3 | [[Sculptor (constellation)|Sculptor]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Andromeda V]] (UKS 4977-94) | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda II]] (NCA 14) | dE0 | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Fornax Dwarf]] (E356-G04) | dSph/E2 | [[Fornax]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Carina Dwarf]] (E206-G220) | dE3 | [[Carina (constellation)|Carina]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Leo I (dwarf galaxy)|Leo I]] (DDO 74) | dE3 | Leo | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Sextans Dwarf]](Sextans 1) | dE3 | Sextans | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Leo II (dwarf galaxy)|Leo II]] (Leo B) | dE0 pec | Leo | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Ursa Minor Dwarf]] (NCA 47-49) | dE4 | [[Ursa Minor]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Draco Dwarf]] (DDO 208) | dE0 pec | [[Draco (constellation)|Draco]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy|SagDSG]] (Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy) | dSph/E7 | Sagittarius | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Tucana Dwarf]] | dE5 | Tucana |3.2 million ly away |- | [[Cassiopeia Dwarf]] (Andromeda VII, NCA 4) | dSph | Cassiopeia | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Pegasus Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy]] (Andromeda VI) | dSph | Pegasus | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Ursa Major I Dwarf]] | dSph | [[Ursa Major]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Ursa Major II Dwarf]] | dSph | Ursa Major | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Ursa Major III]] | dSph | Ursa Major | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Leo IV (dwarf galaxy)|Leo IV]] | dSph | [[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Leo V (dwarf galaxy)|Leo V]] | dSph | [[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Leo T]] | dSph/Irr | [[Leo (constellation)|Leo]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Boötes II]] | dSph | [[Boötes]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Boötes III]] (NCA 4.9) | dSph | [[Boötes]] | Satellite of the Milky Way, Bootes lll likely formed both the Bootes Ill Stream & the Monosoros Stellar stream |- | [[Boötes IV]] | dSph | [[Boötes]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Coma Berenices (dwarf galaxy)|Coma Berenices]] | dSph | [[Coma Berenices]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Segue 2]] (Aries Dwarf, NCA 429) | dSph | [[Aries (constellation)|Aries]] | Satellite of the Milky Way size:220 light-years number of stars:≈1000 |- | [[Hercules (dwarf galaxy)|Hercules]] (NCA 4977429) | dSph | [[Hercules (constellation)|Hercules]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Pisces II]] | dSph | [[Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Reticulum II]] | dSph | [[Reticulum]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Reticulum III]] | dSph | Reticulum | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Eridanus II]] | dSph | [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]] | Probable satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Grus I (dwarf galaxy)|Grus I]] | dSph | [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Grus II]] | dSph | Grus | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Tucana II (dwarf galaxy)|Tucana II]] | dSph | [[Tucana]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Hydrus I]] (Hydrus Dwarf spheroidal galaxy) | dSph | Hydrus | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Draco II]] | dSph | Draco | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Carina III]] | dSph | Carina | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Triangulum II]] (Laevens 2) | dSph | Triangulum | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Carina II (dwarf galaxy)|Carina II]] | dSph | Carina | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Pictor II]] | dSph | [[Pictor]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Horologium II]] | dSph | [[Horologium (constellation)|Horologium]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Virgo I]] | dSph | [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Virgo III]] | dSph? | [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=Homma2024>{{cite journal | last1=Homma | first1=Daisuke | last2=Chiba | first2=Masashi | last3=Komiyama | first3=Yutaka | last4=Tanaka | first4=Masayuki | last5=Okamoto | first5=Sakurako | last6=Tanaka | first6=Mikito | last7=Ishigaki | first7=Miho N | last8=Hayashi | first8=Kohei | last9=Arimoto | first9=Nobuo | last10=Lupton | first10=Robert H | last11=Strauss | first11=Michael A | last12=Miyazaki | first12=Satoshi | last13=Wang | first13=Shiang-Yu | last14=Murayama | first14=Hitoshi | title=Final results of the search for new Milky Way satellites in the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program survey: Discovery of two more candidates | journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | date=2024-06-08 | volume=76 | issue=4 | pages=733–752 | issn=0004-6264 | doi=10.1093/pasj/psae044| arxiv=2311.05439 }}</ref> |- | [[Sextans II]] | dSph? | Sextans | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=Homma2024/> |- | [[Aquarius II]] | dSph | Aquarius | Satellite of the Milky Way |- |[[Aquarius III (galaxy)|Aquarius III]] | dSph? | Aquarius | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ad8eba|doi-access=free |title=Discovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation of Aquarius III: A Low-mass Milky Way Satellite Galaxy |date=2025 |last1=Cerny |first1=W. |last2=Chiti |first2=A. |last3=Geha |first3=M. |last4=Mutlu-Pakdil |first4=B. |last5=Drlica-Wagner |first5=A. |last6=Tan |first6=C. Y. |last7=Adamów |first7=M. |last8=Pace |first8=A. B. |last9=Simon |first9=J. D. |last10=Sand |first10=D. J. |last11=Ji |first11=A. P. |last12=Li |first12=T. S. |last13=Vivas |first13=A. K. |last14=Bell |first14=E. F. |last15=Carlin |first15=J. L. |last16=Carballo-Bello |first16=J. A. |last17=Chaturvedi |first17=A. |last18=Choi |first18=Y. |last19=Doliva-Dolinsky |first19=A. |last20=Gnedin |first20=O. Y. |last21=Limberg |first21=G. |last22=Martínez-Vázquez |first22=C. E. |last23=Mau |first23=S. |last24=Medina |first24=G. E. |last25=Navabi |first25=M. |last26=Noël |first26=N. E. D. |last27=Placco |first27=V. M. |last28=Riley |first28=A. H. |last29=Roederer |first29=I. U. |last30=Stringfellow |first30=G. S. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=979 |issue=2 |page=164 |arxiv=2410.00981 |bibcode=2025ApJ...979..164C |display-authors=1 }}</ref> |- | [[Crater II]] | dSph | [[Crater (constellation)|Crater]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Hydra II]] | dSph | Hydra | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Antlia II]] | dSph | Antlia | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Pegasus III]] | dSph | Pegasus | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Pegasus IV]] | dSph | Pegasus | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=PegasusIV>{{cite journal | arxiv=2203.11788 | doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aca1c3 | title=Pegasus IV: Discovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation of an Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy in the Constellation Pegasus | year=2023 | last1=Cerny | first1=W. | last2=Simon | first2=J. D. | last3=Li | first3=T. S. | last4=Drlica-Wagner | first4=A. | last5=Pace | first5=A. B. | last6=Martínez-Vázquez | first6=C. E. | last7=Riley | first7=A. H. | last8=Mutlu-Pakdil | first8=B. | last9=Mau | first9=S. | last10=Ferguson | first10=P. S. | last11=Erkal | first11=D. | last12=Munoz | first12=R. R. | last13=Bom | first13=C. R. | last14=Carlin | first14=J. L. | last15=Carollo | first15=D. | last16=Choi | first16=Y. | last17=Ji | first17=A. P. | last18=Manwadkar | first18=V. | last19=Martínez-Delgado | first19=D. | last20=Miller | first20=A. E. | last21=Noël | first21=N. E. D. | last22=Sakowska | first22=J. D. | last23=Sand | first23=D. J. | last24=Stringfellow | first24=G. S. | last25=Tollerud | first25=E. J. | last26=Vivas | first26=A. K. | last27=Carballo-Bello | first27=J. A. | last28=Hernandez-Lang | first28=D. | last29=James | first29=D. J. | last30=Nidever | first30=D. L. | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=942 | issue=2 | page=111 | bibcode=2023ApJ...942..111C | s2cid=247597301 | display-authors=1 | doi-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Pegasus W]] |dSph |[[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]] |Recent star formation, could still be starforming |- | [[Cetus III]] | dSph | Cetus | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Leo K (galaxy)|Leo K]] | dSph? | Leo | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=McQuinn/> |- | [[Leo M]] | dSph? | Leo | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=McQuinn>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ad429b|doi-access=free |title=Discovery and Characterization of Two Ultrafaint Dwarfs outside the Halo of the Milky Way: Leo M and Leo K |date=2024 |last1=McQuinn |first1=Kristen. B. W. |last2=Mao |first2=Yao-Yuan |last3=Tollerud |first3=Erik J. |last4=Cohen |first4=Roger E. |last5=Shih |first5=David |last6=Buckley |first6=Matthew R. |last7=Dolphin |first7=Andrew E. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=967 |issue=2 |page=161 |arxiv=2307.08738 |bibcode=2024ApJ...967..161M }}</ref> |- | [[Leo VI (galaxy)|Leo VI]] | dSph | Leo | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ad9b0c|doi-access=free |title=A Pride of Satellites in the Constellation Leo? Discovery of the Leo VI Milky Way Satellite Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy with DELVE Early Data Release 3 |date=2025 |last1=Tan |first1=C. Y. |last2=Cerny |first2=W. |last3=Drlica-Wagner |first3=A. |last4=Pace |first4=A. B. |last5=Geha |first5=M. |last6=Ji |first6=A. P. |last7=Li |first7=T. S. |last8=Adamów |first8=M. |last9=Anbajagane |first9=D. |last10=Bom |first10=C. R. |last11=Carballo-Bello |first11=J. A. |last12=Carlin |first12=J. L. |last13=Chang |first13=C. |last14=Chaturvedi |first14=A. |last15=Chiti |first15=A. |last16=Choi |first16=Y. |last17=Collins |first17=M. L. M. |last18=Doliva-Dolinsky |first18=A. |last19=Ferguson |first19=P. S. |last20=Gruendl |first20=R. A. |last21=James |first21=D. J. |last22=Limberg |first22=G. |last23=Navabi |first23=M. |last24=Martínez-Delgado |first24=D. |last25=Martínez-Vázquez |first25=C. E. |last26=Medina |first26=G. E. |last27=Mutlu-Pakdil |first27=B. |last28=Nidever |first28=D. L. |last29=Noël |first29=N. E. D. |last30=Riley |first30=A. H. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=979 |issue=2 |page=176 |arxiv=2408.00865 |bibcode=2025ApJ...979..176T |display-authors=1 }}</ref> |- | [[Leo Minor I]] | dSph? | [[Leo Minor]] | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=Cerny2022>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/acdd78|doi-access=free |title=Six More Ultra-faint Milky Way Companions Discovered in the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey |date=2023 |last1=Cerny |first1=W. |last2=Martínez-Vázquez |first2=C. E. |last3=Drlica-Wagner |first3=A. |last4=Pace |first4=A. B. |last5=Mutlu-Pakdil |first5=B. |last6=Li |first6=T. S. |last7=Riley |first7=A. H. |last8=Crnojević |first8=D. |last9=Bom |first9=C. R. |last10=Carballo-Bello |first10=J. A. |last11=Carlin |first11=J. L. |last12=Chiti |first12=A. |last13=Choi |first13=Y. |last14=Collins |first14=M. L. M. |last15=Darragh-Ford |first15=E. |last16=Ferguson |first16=P. S. |last17=Geha |first17=M. |last18=Martínez-Delgado |first18=D. |last19=Massana |first19=P. |last20=Mau |first20=S. |last21=Medina |first21=G. E. |last22=Muñoz |first22=R. R. |last23=Nadler |first23=E. O. |last24=Noël |first24=N. E. D. |last25=Olsen |first25=K. A. G. |last26=Pieres |first26=A. |last27=Sakowska |first27=J. D. |last28=Simon |first28=J. D. |last29=Stringfellow |first29=G. S. |last30=Tollerud |first30=E. J. |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=953 |issue=1 |page=1 |arxiv=2209.12422 |bibcode=2023ApJ...953....1C |display-authors=1 }}</ref> |- | [[Boötes V]] | dSph? | Boötes | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=Cerny2022/> |- | [[Virgo II]] | dSph? | Virgo | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name=Cerny2022/> |- | [[Tucana B]] | dSph | Tucana | <ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/2041-8213/ac85ee|title=Tucana B: A Potentially Isolated and Quenched Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy at D ≈ 1.4 MPC |year=2022 |last1=Sand |first1=David J. |last2=Mutlu-Pakdil |first2=Burçin |last3=Jones |first3=Michael G. |last4=Karunakaran |first4=Ananthan |last5=Wang |first5=Feige |last6=Yang |first6=Jinyi |last7=Chiti |first7=Anirudh |last8=Bennet |first8=Paul |last9=Crnojević |first9=Denija |last10=Spekkens |first10=Kristine |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=935 |issue=1 |pages=L17 |s2cid=251615833 |doi-access=free |arxiv=2205.09129 |bibcode=2022ApJ...935L..17S |hdl=10261/309130 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |- |DES 1 | dE | [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]] | Satellite of Milky Way |- | [[Antlia Dwarf]] | dE3/dSph/Irr? | Antlia | Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]] |- | [[Andromeda IX]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda X]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XI]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XII]] | dSph | Andromeda | Possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XIII]] (Pisces III) | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XIV]] (Pisces IV) | dSph | Pisces | Possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XV]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XVII]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XIX]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XX]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXI]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXII]] | dSph | Pisces | Possible satellite of the Triangulum Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXIII]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXIV]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXV]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXVI]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXVII]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy, tidally disrupted<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mnras/stz2529|arxiv=1909.09661|bibcode=2019MNRAS.490.2905P|title=A dwarf disrupting - Andromeda XXVII and the North West Stream|author1=Preston, Janet|author2=Collins, Michelle L. M.|author3=Ibata, Rodrigo A.|author4=Tollerud, Erik J.|author5=Rich, R. Michael|author6=Bonaca, Ana|author7=McConnachie, Alan W.|author8=Mackey, Dougal|author9=Lewis, Geraint F.|author10=Martin, Nicolas F.|author11=Peñarrubia, Jorge|author12=Chapman, Scott C.|author13=Delorme, Maxime|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|year=2019 |volume=490|issue=2|pages=2905–2917|doi-access=free }}</ref> |- | [[Andromeda XXIX]] | dSph | Pegasus | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXX]] (Cassiopeia II) | dSph? | Cassiopeia | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXXI]] (Lacerta I) | dSph? | Lacerta | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXXII]] (Cassiopeia III) | dSph? | Cassiopeia | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXXIV]] (Pegasus V) | dSph | Pegasus | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy<ref name="arXiv-2204.09068">{{cite journal |arxiv=2204.09068 |last1=Collins |first1=Michelle L. M. |last2=Charles |first2=Emily J. E. |last3=Martínez-Delgado |first3=David |last4=Monelli |first4=Matteo |last5=Karim |first5=Noushin |last6=Donatiello |first6=Giuseppe |last7=Tollerud |first7=Erik J. |last8=Boschin |first8=Walter |title=Pegasus V/Andromeda XXXIV–a newly discovered ultrafaint dwarf galaxy on the outskirts of Andromeda |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters |year=2022 |volume=515 |issue=1 |pages=L72–L77 |doi=10.1093/mnrasl/slac063 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022MNRAS.515L..72C }}</ref> |- | [[Andromeda XXXV]] | dSph | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arias |first1=Jose Marco |last2=Bell |first2=Eric F. |last3=Gozman |first3=Katya |last4=Jang |first4=In Sung |last5=Stockton |first5=Saxon |last6=Gnedin |first6=Oleg Y. |last7=D’Souza |first7=Richard |last8=Monachesi |first8=Antonela |last9=Bailin |first9=Jeremy |last10=Nidever |first10=David |last11=de Jong |first11=Roelof S. |date=2025-03-11 |title=Andromeda XXXV: The Faintest Dwarf Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=982 |issue=1 |pages=L3 |doi=10.3847/2041-8213/adb433 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2025ApJ...982L...3A |issn=2041-8205}}</ref> |- | [[Andromeda XVI]] (Pisces V) | dSph | Pisces | Possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXVIII]] | dSph? | Pegasus | Possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XXXIII]] (Perseus I) | dSph? | Perseus | Possible satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy |- | [[Andromeda XVIII]] | dSph | Andromeda | |- | [[Centaurus I]] | dSph | Centaurus | Satellite of the Milky Way<ref name="Mau2020">{{cite journal |title=Two Ultra-faint Milky Way Stellar Systems Discovered in Early Data from the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey |last1=Mau |first1=S.|display-authors=etal|year=2020 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=890 |issue=2 |page=136 |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ab6c67 |arxiv=1912.03301 |bibcode=2020ApJ...890..136M |s2cid=208857609 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |- |[[Pisces VII]] (Triangulum III) |dSph? | Pisces | Candidate, possible satellite of the Triangulum Galaxy<ref name=MartinezDelgado2022>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mnras/stab2797|bibcode=2022MNRAS.509...16M|arxiv=2104.03859|title=Pisces VII: Discovery of a possible satellite of Messier 33 in the DESI legacy imaging surveys|year=2022|last1=Martínez-Delgado|first1=David|last2=Karim|first2=Noushin|last3=Charles|first3=Emily J E.|last4=Boschin|first4=Walter|last5=Monelli|first5=Matteo|last6=Collins|first6=Michelle L M.|last7=Donatiello|first7=Giuseppe|last8=Alfaro|first8=Emilio J.|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=509|issue=1 |pages=16–24|doi-access=free }}</ref> |- ! colspan=4 | Identification unclear |- | [[Virgo Stellar Stream]] | dSph (remnant)? | Virgo | In the process of merging with the Milky Way |- | [[Canis Major Dwarf]] | Irr? | [[Canis Major]] | Possibly a dwarf galaxy in the process of merging with the Milky Way |- | [[Hydra 1]] | | Hydra | Possibly a dwarf galaxy in the process of merging with the Milky Way |- | [[Tucana III]] | dSph or cluster? | Tucana | Satellite of the Milky Way, tidally disrupting |- | [[Tucana IV]] | dSph or cluster? | Tucana | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Tucana V]] | dSph or cluster? | Tucana | Possibly non-existent |- | [[Columba I]] | dSph or cluster? | [[Columba (constellation)|Columba]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Segue 1]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | Leo | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Cetus II]] | | Cetus | Likely part of Sagittarius tidal stream |- | [[Willman 1]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | Ursa Major | 147,000 light-years away |- | [[Horologium I (dwarf galaxy)|Horologium I]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | Horologium | Satellite of the Milky Way. Not to be confused with the Horologium Supercluster. |- | [[Pictoris I (dwarf galaxy)|Pictoris]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | Pictor | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Phoenix II (dwarf galaxy)|Phoenix II]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | [[Phoenix (constellation)|Phoenix]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Kim 2|Indus I]] (Kim 2, Indus Dwarf) | dSph or Globular Cluster | [[Indus]] | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Eridanus III (dwarf galaxy)|Eridanus III]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | [[Eridanus (constellation)|Eridanus]] | Satellite of the Milky Way or SMC<ref name=Conn>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/aa9eda|title=On the Nature of Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Candidates. I. DES1, Eridanus III, and Tucana V|year=2018|last1=Conn|first1=Blair C.|last2=Jerjen|first2=Helmut|last3=Kim|first3=Dongwon|last4=Schirmer|first4=Mischa|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=852|issue=2|page=68|arxiv=1712.01439|bibcode=2018ApJ...852...68C|s2cid=119457824 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |- | [[Sagittarius II]] | dSph or Globular Cluster | Sagittarius | Satellite of the Milky Way |- | [[Andromeda VIII]] (Adsant-40-7 quote serp galaxy) | dSph? | Andromeda | Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy, tidally disrupting |- |Antlia B | |[[Antlia]] |Member of [[Antlia-Sextans Group]] |- ! colspan=4 | Probable non-members |- | [[Andromeda IV]] | Irr | Andromeda | Once considered to be associated with M31. Its distance is now known to be 22 to 24 million light years (not close to the Andromeda Galaxy at all).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://phys.org/news/2015-12-andromeda-iv-solitary-gas-rich-dwarf.html |title=Andromeda IV turns out to be a solitary gas-rich dwarf galaxy |last=Nowakowski |first=Tomasz |date=22 December 2015 |website=physorg |access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> |- | [[UGC 8091|GR 8]] (DDO 155) | Im V | [[Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]] | Distance 7.9 million light years<ref name="Tolstoy1999">{{Cite book |last=Tolstoy, Eline |title=The stellar content of Local Group galaxies, Proceedings of the 192nd symposium of the International Astronomical Union |publisher=[[Astronomical Society of the Pacific]] |year=1999 |isbn=978-1886733824 |editor=Patricia Whitelock |editor2=Russell Cannon |volume=192 |pages=218 |chapter=Detailed Star-Formation Histories of Nearby Dwarf Irregular Galaxies using HST |bibcode=1999IAUS..192..218T}}</ref> |- | [[IC 5152]] (Indus III) | IAB(s)m IV | [[Indus (constellation)|Indus]] | Distance 5.8 million light years, possibly an outlying member of the Local Group<ref name="Z1999">{{Cite journal |last1=Ziljstra, A. A. |last2=Minniti, Dante |date=April 1999 |title=A Dwarf Irregular Galaxy at the Edge of the Local Group: Stellar Populations and Distance of IC 5152 |journal=[[Astronomical Journal]] |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=1743–1757 |arxiv=astro-ph/9812330 |bibcode=1999AJ....117.1743Z |doi=10.1086/300802|s2cid=14737502 }}</ref> |- | [[KK 153]] | | [[Ursa Major]] | Distance 6.5 million light years, possibly an outlying member of the Local Group<ref name=Xu2025>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/2041-8213/adbe7e|doi-access=free |title=FAST Discovery of a Gas-rich and Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy: KK153 |date=2025 |last1=Xu |first1=Jin-Long |last2=Zhu |first2=Ming |last3=Yu |first3=Nai-Ping |last4=Zhang |first4=Chuan-Peng |last5=Liu |first5=Xiao-Lan |last6=Ai |first6=Mei |last7=Jiang |first7=Peng |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=982 |issue=2 |pages=L36 |arxiv=2503.08999 |bibcode=2025ApJ...982L..36X }}</ref> |- | [[NGC 300]] | SA(s)d | [[Sculptor (constellation)|Sculptor]] | Distance 6.07 million light years |- | [[NGC 55]] | SB(s)m | [[Sculptor (constellation)|Sculptor]] | Distance 6.5 million light years<ref name=Cosmicflows2/> |- | [[NGC 404]] | E0 or SA(s)0<sup>−</sup> | Andromeda | Distance 10 million light years<ref name="jensenetal2003">{{Cite journal |last1=Jensen, Joseph B. |last2=Tonry, John L. |last3=Barris, Brian J. |last4=Thompson, Rodger I. |last5=Liu, Michael C. |last6=Rieke, Marcia J. |last7=Ajhar, Edward A. |last8=Blakeslee, John P. |display-authors=4 |date=February 2003 |title=Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations |journal=Astrophysical Journal |volume=583 |issue=2 |pages=712–726 |arxiv=astro-ph/0210129 |bibcode=2003ApJ...583..712J |doi=10.1086/345430|s2cid=551714 }}</ref> |- | [[NGC 1569]] (IC 49447) | Irp+ III-IV | Camelopardalis | In [[IC 342]] group of galaxies. Distance 11 million light years<ref name="Grocholski2008">{{Cite journal |last1=Grocholski, Aaron J. |last2=Aloisi, Alessandra |last3=van der Marel, Roeland P. |last4=Mack, Jennifer |last5=Annibali, Francesca |last6=Angeretti, Luca |last7=Greggio, Laura |last8=Held, Enrico V. |last9=Romano, Donatella |last10=Sirianni, Marco |last11=Tosi, Monica |display-authors=4 |name-list-style=amp |date=20 October 2008 |title=A New Hubble Space Telescope Distance to NGC 1569: Starburst Properties and IC 342 Group Membership |journal=Astrophysical Journal Letters |volume=686 |issue=2 |pages=L79–L82 |arxiv=0808.0153 |bibcode=2008ApJ...686L..79G |doi=10.1086/592949|s2cid=9877496 }}</ref> |- | [[NGC 1560]] (IC 2062) | Sd | Camelopardalis | Distance 8-12 million light years |- | [[Camelopardalis A]] | Irr | Camelopardalis | Distance 12 million light years<ref name=Cosmicflows2>{{cite journal|title=Cosmicflows-2: The Data|author1=Tully, R. Brent|display-authors=etal|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=146|issue=4|date=2013|bibcode=2013AJ....146...86T|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86|arxiv=1307.7213|page=86|s2cid=118494842}}</ref> |- | [[Argo Dwarf]] | Irr | Carina |7.1 million light-years away |- | [[ESO 347-8]] (2318–42, PGC 475744) | Irr | [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] |9 million light-years away fairly isolated until million light years. away from the galaxy |- | [[UKS 2323-326]] (ESO 407-18) | Irr | Sculptor | Distance 7.2 million light-years<ref name=Cosmicflows2/> |- | [[UGC 9128]] (DDO 187) | Irp+ | Boötes |7 million light-years away |- | [[KKs 3]] (Hydrus II) | dSph |[[Hydrus]] |Distance 5.2 million light-years |- ! colspan=4 | Objects in the Local Group no longer recognised as galaxies |- | [[Palomar 12]] (Capricornus Dwarf) |dSphr | [[Capricornus]] |[[Globular cluster]] formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy |- | [[Palomar 4]] (Ursa Major Dwarf) |d Sphr | Ursa Major | Globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy |- | [[Palomar 5]] (Serpens Dwarf) | | [[Serpens]] | Globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy |- | [[Palomar 3]] (Sextans C) | | Sculptor | Globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Pal3&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title=Pal3 |website=simbad.u-strasbg.fr |access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> |- | [[Segue 3]] | | Pegasus | Globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy<ref name=Fadely2011>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fadely | first1 = R. | last2 = Willman | first2 = B. | last3 = Geha | first3 = M.|author3-link= Marla Geha | last4 = Walsh | first4 = S. | last5 = Muñoz | first5 = R. R. | last6 = Jerjen | first6 = H. | last7 = Vargas | first7 = L. C. | last8 = Da Costa | first8 = G. S. | doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/142/3/88 | title = Segue 3: An old, extremely low luminosity star cluster in the Milky Way's halo| journal = The Astronomical Journal | volume = 142 | issue = 3 | pages = 88 | year = 2011 |arxiv = 1107.3151 |bibcode = 2011AJ....142...88F | s2cid = 118509282 }}</ref> |- | [[Laevens 1]] (Crater Dwarf) | | Crater | Globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy<ref name=Voggel2016>{{cite journal | title=Probing the boundary between star clusters and dwarf galaxies: A MUSE view on the dynamics of Crater/Laevens I |first1=Karina | last1=Voggel |first2=Michael |last2=Hilker |first3=Holger |last3=Baumgardt |first4=Michelle L.M. |last4=Collins |first5=Eva K. |last5=Grebel |first6=Bernd |last6=Husemann |first7=Tom |last7=Richtler |first8=Matthias J. |last8=Frank |arxiv=1604.06806 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stw1132 |volume=460 |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |year=2016 |issue=3 |pages=3384–3397|doi-access=free |bibcode = 2016MNRAS.460.3384V }}</ref> |- | DES J2038-4609 (Indus II) | | Indus | Likely a chance alignment of stars<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.3847/1538-4357/ac0443|title=A Deeper Look at DES Dwarf Galaxy Candidates: Grus I and Indus II|year=2021|last1=Cantu|first1=Sarah A.|last2=Pace|first2=Andrew B.|last3=Marshall|first3=Jennifer|last4=Strigari|first4=Louis E.|last5=Crnojevic|first5=Denija|last6=Simon|first6=Joshua D.|last7=Drlica-Wagner|first7=A.|last8=Bechtol|first8=K.|last9=Martínez-Vázquez|first9=Clara E.|last10=Santiago|first10=B.|last11=Amara|first11=A.|last12=Stringer|first12=K. M.|last13=Diehl|first13=H. T.|last14=Aguena|first14=M.|last15=Allam|first15=S.|last16=Avila|first16=S.|last17=Brooks|first17=D.|last18=Carnero Rosell|first18=A.|last19=Carrasco Kind|first19=M.|last20=Carretero|first20=J.|last21=Costanzi|first21=M.|last22=Da Costa|first22=L. N.|last23=De Vicente|first23=J.|last24=Desai|first24=S.|last25=Doel|first25=P.|last26=Eifler|first26=T. F.|last27=Everett|first27=S.|last28=Frieman|first28=J.|last29=García-Bellido|first29=J.|last30=Gaztanaga|first30=E.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=916|issue=2|page=81|arxiv=2005.06478|bibcode=2021ApJ...916...81C|s2cid=218628642|display-authors=1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> |- ! Name ! Type ! Constellation ! Notes |- |}
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