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Main members of the Local Group of galaxies

Galaxy	RA h m	Dec. (2000.0) ° ′	Type^a	Absolute magnitude	Visual magnitude	Distance from Sun (kpc)
^a dE = dwarf elliptical; dIr = dwarf irregular; dSph = dwarf spheroidal.
^A = companion of the Andromeda Galaxy; ^M = companion of the Milky Way. There are several additional faint dwarfs, most of them companions to the Andromeda Galaxy. Based on a table by Eva K. Grebel, John S. Gallagher III, and Daniel Harbeck, Astronomical Journal, vol. 125, p. 1928 (April 2003).
M31 (NGC 224)	00 42.7	+41 16	Sb I–II	−21.2	3.4	770
Milky Way	—	—	S(B)bc I–II	−20.9	—	—
M33 (NGC 598)	01 33.9	+30 39	Sc II–III	−18.9	5.9	850
Large Magellanic Cloud^M	05 24	−69 45	Ir III–IV	−18.5	0.2	50
Small Magellanic Cloud^M	00 53	−72 50	Ir IV/IV–V	−17.1	2.0	63
M32 (NGC 221)^A	00 42.7	+40 52	dE2	−16.5	8.1	770
M110 (NGC 205)^A	00 40.4	+41 41	dE5 pec	−16.4	8.4	830
IC 10^A	00 20.3	+59 18	dIr IV	−16.0	10.3	660
NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy)^M	19 44.9	−14 52	dIr IV–V	−16.0	8.3	500
NGC 185^A	00 39.0	+48 20	dE3 pec	−15.6	9.0	620
IC 1613^A	01 04.8	+02 07	dIr V	−15.3	9.1	715
NGC 147^A	00 33.2	+48 30	dE5	−15.1	9.9	755
Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (DDO 221)	00 02.0	−15 28	dIr IV–V	−14.4	10.6	945
Fornax Dwarf^M	02 40.0	−34 27	dSph	−13.1	7.7	138
Pegasus Dwarf (DDO 216, Peg DIG)^A	23 28.6	+14 45	dIr/dSph	−12.9	12.3	760
Sagittarius I Dwarf^M	18 55.0	−30 29	dSph	−12.7	7.7	26
Sagittarius (SagDIG)	19 30.0	−17 41	dIr V	−12.0	13.8	1060
Andromeda I^A	00 45.7	+38 00	dSph	−11.8	12.9	790
Andromeda II^A	01 16.5	+33 25	dSph	−11.8	12.6	680
Cassiopeia Dwarf (Andromeda VII)^A	23 26.5	+50 42	dSph	−11.7	13.0	790
Leo A (Leo III, DDO 69)	09 59.4	+30 45	dIr V	−11.7	12.8	800
Andromeda VI (Pegasus II)^A	23 51.8	+24 35	dSph	−11.3	13.4	775
Leo I (DDO 74)^M	10 08.4	+12 18	dSph	−11.0	10.4	250
Aquarius Dwarf (DDO 210)	20 46.9	−12 51	dIr/dSph	−10.9	14.2	950
Andromeda III^A	00 35.6	+36 30	dSph	−10.2	14.4	760
Cetus Dwarf	00 26.2	−11 03	dSph	−10.1	14.4	775
Leo B (Leo II, DDO 93)^M	11 13.5	+22 09	dSph	−10.1	11.5	205
Phoenix Dwarf^M	01 51.1	−44 27	dIr/dSph	−9.8	13.3	405
Pisces Dwarf (LGS 3)^A	01 03.9	+21 53	dIr/dSph	−9.8	14.3	620
Sculptor Dwarf^M	01 00.1	−33 43	dSph	−9.8	10.0	88
Tucana Dwarf	22 41.8	−64 25	dSph	−9.6	15.2	870
Sextans Dwarf^M	10 13.0	−01 37	dSph	−9.5	10.3	86
Carina Dwarf^M	06 41.6	−50 58	dSph	−9.4	10.7	94
Draco Dwarf (DDO 208)^M	17 20.2	+57 55	dSph	−9.4	11.0	79
Andromeda V^A	01 10.3	+47 38	dSph	−9.1	15.9	810
Ursa Minor Dwarf (DDO 199)^M	15 09.2	+67 13	dSph	−8.9	10.4	69

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