What is the name of the Milky Way's satellite galaxy?

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The Milky Way galaxy has a satellite galaxy known as the "Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy," which is located at a relatively close proximity to our galaxy. This discovery highlights the complex structure of our local group of galaxies and the gravitational interactions that occur between them. The information can be further explored in detail through the provided link to SpaceDaily.

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Greetings !

I thought you may like to know that our galaxy -
the Milky Way, apparently has a small settelite
galaxy at relativly close proximity.

Here's the story:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/milkyway-02a.html

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