The nearest major spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, Andromeda, named after its constellation and also known as M31, is the largest galaxy in the LocalGroupofGalaxies.
Seen nearly edge-on, NGC 253 is only 13 million light-years away, the largest member of the Sculptor Groupofgalaxies, neighbor to our own local galaxy group.
在靠近天穹边缘出现的 NGC 253 距离我们只有 1300 万光年之遥,它是玉夫星系团的最大的成员,和我们所在的星系团相邻。