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Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 2.537 million light-years, Unique features: On a collision course with the Milky Way

Type: Irregular galaxy, Distance: 25,000 light-years, Unique features: Closest galaxy to the Milky Way and currently being disrupted by its gravity.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 31 million light-years, Unique features: Has a bright nucleus and prominent dust lanes in its inclined disk.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 21 million light-years, Unique features: Face-on spiral galaxy with well-defined arms.

Type: Dwarf spheroidal galaxy, Distance: 70,000 light-years, Unique features: Also being disrupted and absorbed by the Milky Way.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 12 million light-years, Unique features: Interacting with the Cigar Galaxy.

Type: Lenticular galaxy, Distance: 10-16 million light-years, Unique features: Strong radio source due to a supermassive black hole at its center.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 2.73 million light-years, Unique features: Third-largest galaxy in the Local Group.

Type: Dwarf galaxy, Distance: 200,000 light-years, Unique features: Has a dynamic history with the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way.

Type: Starburst galaxy, Distance: 12 million light-years, Unique features: Undergoing intense star formation activity.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 23 million light-years, Unique features: Notable for its grand design spiral arms and an interacting companion galaxy (NGC 5195).

Type: Irregular galaxy, Distance: 163,000 light-years, Unique features: Has a bar of stars extending from its center.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 17 million light-years, Unique features: Prominent dark dust lane which gives the appearance of a black eye.

Type: Ring galaxy, Distance: 500 million light-years, Unique features: Characterized by a ring-like structure caused by a collision with a smaller galaxy.

Type: Seyfert galaxy, Distance: 12 million light-years, Unique features: Known for its active galactic nucleus and outer ring structure.

Type: Intermediate spiral galaxy, Distance: 22 million light-years, Unique features: High rate of supernova explosions.

Type: Spiral galaxy, Distance: 11 million light-years, Unique features: Noted for its blue disk of young stars and spectacular bursts of star formation.

Type: Disrupted bar spiral galaxy, Distance: 420 million light-years, Unique features: Named for its elongated tail caused by a galactic collision.

Type: Ring galaxy, Distance: Approximately 700 million light-years, Unique features: Its appearance mirrors the structure of a human eye due to the gravitational lensing effect.