Photo Gallery of the Local Group of Galaxies that Include the Milky Way Galaxy.  The Sun and its Eight Planets are Part of  the Milky Way. There are about 30 Galaxies in the Local Group. The Largest in order are shown below. All Images were taken from Wikepedia.

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Local Group of Galaxies

The Milky Way

The Andromeda Galaxy. Picture donated by John Lanout

The Triangulum Galaxy

The Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf Galaxy thought to be orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a drawf Galaxy thought to be orbiting the Milky Way Galaxy

NGC 7331 a Twin of the Milky Way Galaxy