However, in 2003, Canis Major Dwarf, the closest satellite galaxy to Earth, was found within the constellation.

Maffei 1, the closest giant elliptical galaxy.

"And the closest galaxy to us right now is that one there."

Such a one as Ravindau would not have specified a 'distant' galaxy idly, and the very closest galaxies are distant indeed.

The closest galaxy similar to our own, the Andromeda galaxy, is how far away?

The closest galaxies, seen in the foreground, emitted their observed light about a billion years ago.

One of the closest giant elliptical galaxies, NGC 1275 hosts a supermassive black hole.

Or whatever language they speak in the closest Lenticular galaxy.

Two of the closest galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds in the southern celestial hemisphere, were named for Magellan sometime after 1800.

The Canis Major Galaxy, discovered in 2003, is now thought to be our closest galaxy.