<Tr> <Td> Palomar 4 (Ursa Major Dwarf) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ursa Major </Td> <Td> a globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Palomar 3 (Sextans C) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sculptor </Td> <Td> a globular cluster formerly classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Smith's Cloud, a high - velocity cloud, between 32,000 and 49,000 light years from Earth and 8,000 light years from the disk of the Milky Way galaxy </Li> <Li> HVC 127 - 41 - 330, a high - velocity cloud, 2.3 million light - years from Earth </Li> <Li> Monoceros Ring, a ring of stars around the Milky Way that is proposed to consist of a stellar stream torn from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy </Li> </Ul> <Li> Smith's Cloud, a high - velocity cloud, between 32,000 and 49,000 light years from Earth and 8,000 light years from the disk of the Milky Way galaxy </Li>

The milky way is one of dozens of very similar galaxies that make up the local group