>> Both the Magellanic clouds are much closer to us than the Andromeda galaxy, which is 1,500,000 light years away.<<
Plus a few other small galaxies. Andromeda is the closest galaxy of similar size to our own. I think a recently discovered dwarf galaxy is the closest known to the Milky Way, even closer than eitherm Magellanic Cloud.
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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