Question

What is the shortest distance between two galaxies?

Answer 1

As of now, the nearest to Milky Way is its satellite dwarf-galaxy, Canis Major. This orbiter of Milky Way is now on the other side at 70 K light years.

Explanation:

Magellanic Clouds around our galaxy Milky Way (MW) hosts dwarf

satellite galaxies of MW..

As on 2003, the nearest is Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy . This orbiter of

Milky Way is now on the other side of MW, at 70 K light years (ly).

Our neighbor Andromeda is at a longer distance of 253 K ly, from

MW.

Reference:

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/nearest_galaxy_info.html