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What is the 2nd closest galaxy to the Milky Way?
AAndromeda
BTriangulum
CMessier 81
DWhirlpool
Correct answer
B. Triangulum
Explanation
The Triangulum galaxy, named for its location in the constellation Triangulum, is the 2nd-nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, after the Andromeda galaxy (M31). If you do manage to glimpse it, you’re looking across a distance of 2.7 million light-years.