TOP 10 LARGEST GLAXY IN OUR UNIVERSE
1. Andromeda
It is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Its name stems from the area of the sky in which it appears the constellation of Andromeda.
Constellation: Andromeda
2. Black Eye Galaxy
It is a galaxy which was discovered by Edward Pigott in March 1779 and independently by Johann Elert Bode in April of the same year, as well as by Charles Messier in 1780. It has a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames of the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy.
Constellation: Coma Berenices
3. Bode's Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away, in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Johann Elert Bode on December 31, 1774.
Constellation: Ursa Major
4. Cartwheel Galaxy
It is a lenticular galaxy and ring galaxy about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. It looks like cartwheel that's why astronomer called it 'Cartwheel'.
Constellation: Sculptor
5. Cigar Galaxy
It is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Constellation: Ursa Major
6. Comet Galaxy
It is a spiral galaxy located 3.2 billion light-years from Earth, in the galaxy clusters Abell 2667, was found with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Constellation: Sculptor
7. Cosmos Redshift 7
It is a high-redshift Lyman-alpha emitter galaxy.
Constellation: Sextans
8. Hoag's Object
It is a non-typical galaxy of the type known as a ring galaxy. It is named after Arthur Hoag who discovered it in 1950 and identified it as either a planetary nebula or a peculiar galaxy with eight billion stars.
Constellation: Serpens Caput
9. Large Magellanic Cloud
It is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Constellation: Dorado/Mensa
10. Small Magellanic Cloud
It is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. It is among the nearest intergalactic neighbors of the Milky Way and is one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye.
Constellation: Tucana
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