Galaxy Distances in the Local Universe

Magnitudes & Distances

SupernovaApparent Magnitude (m)Distance (Mly)
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Compare the distances for your galaxies with the provided distances to other locations in the Universe to answer the questions below.

Checkpoint

Locations & Distances

LocationDistance
Inside the Milky WayLess than 100,000 ly (0.1 Mly) away
Possible satellite galaxy of the Milky Way0.1 - 1.4 Mly
Member of the Local Group1.4 - 5 Mly
Member of the Laniakea Supercluster5 - 520 Mly
Beyond the Laniakea SuperclusterBeyond 520 Mly