In the image below: see the galaxy hiding behind all the stellar images? Look closely for galaxy Dwingeloo I.
Dwingeloo I appears to be a barred spiral about 5 times the distance of M31. It appears to be in the Maffei Group.
The image below shows a star density contour map. The areas of greater density mark the location of the CLOSEST galaxy to our own: the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. At 80,000 light-years from our side of the Milky Way, it is way too close to our much larger galaxy and is being tidally disrupted (torn apart).
It was only discovered 9 years ago. The combination image/schematic below shows its location relative to the Milky Way. It is the irregular area below the hub of our galaxy:
And this is Leo I, perhaps the most distant dwarf spheroidal galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way.
It appears to be around 800,000 light-years away.
