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Satellite galaxy
A satellite galaxy is a smaller galaxy, typically a dwarf, that is gravitationally bound and orbits a larger host galaxy. These companion galaxies may eventually be tidally disrupted or merge with their hosts, and often contain between a few thousand and a few billion stars.
Source: esa.int
APODs including "Satellite galaxy"
Journey into the Cosmic Reef
Video
18/05/2020
Hubble's Cosmic Reef
25/04/2020
Milky Way and Zodiacal Light over Chile
09/03/2020
NGC 602 and Beyond
11/01/2020
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
05/12/2019
The Star Streams of NGC 5907
16/11/2019
The Tarantula Nebula
17/11/2018
NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
03/10/2018
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
10/08/2018
Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
16/05/2018
Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia
18/04/2018
NGC 602 and Beyond
24/03/2018
The Tarantula Nebula
16/11/2017
NGC 1055 Close-up
09/11/2017
Under the Galaxy
13/10/2017
Milky Way over Chilean Volcanoes
21/08/2017
NGC 4449: Close-up of a Small Galaxy
14/07/2017
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
26/05/2017
NGC 602 and Beyond
02/04/2017
N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
28/01/2017
The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
08/11/2016
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
30/10/2016
Galaxy Einstein Ring
20/04/2016
The Tarantula Nebula
26/02/2016
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
14/01/2016
Star Streams and the Whale Galaxy
19/12/2015
NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer
04/06/2015
NGC 602 in the Flying Lizard Nebula
07/03/2015
Palomar 12
19/02/2015
Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744
08/08/2014