1. THE MILKY WAY
Day 3: Neighbours

2. THE LOCAL GROUP Includes over 35 galaxies
Gravitational center between the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy
10-million light year diameter

3. Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years away Nearest spiral galaxy
Largest galaxy in the Local Group- about one trillion stars!!

4. Milky Way Galaxy
Our home galaxy
2nd largest member of the Local Group

5. Triangulum Galaxy “The Pinwheel Galaxy” 3 million light years away
3rd largest member of the Local Group

6. Others
The local group consists of about 30 other smaller galaxies

7. Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular
About 3.4million light years away
Discovered in 1977 using the Schmidt telescope
Most distant object in the Local Group ia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Messier_54.png

8. Large and Small Magellanic Clouds
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way
Visible to the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere

9. Colliding Galaxies Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
Canus Major Dwarf Galaxy
Closest galaxy
42000 light years away from the center of the Milky Way

10. THE VIRGO SUPERCLUSTER
The Local Group is one of many groups in the Virgo Supercluster
Contains at least 100 galaxy groups

11. OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
Community
County
Province
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Hemisphere
Planet
Stellar System
Galactic Position
Galaxy
Group
Supercluster

13. http://www. cbc. ca/quirks/archives/06-07/images/MilkyWayGalaxyNASA