Field galaxy
Galaxy that does not belong to a larger cluster of galaxies
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Roughly 80% of all galaxies located within 5 Mpc (16 Mly) of the Milky Way are in groups or clusters of galaxies. Most low-surface-brightness galaxies are field galaxies. The median Hubble-type of field galaxies is Sb, a type of spiral galaxy.
List of field galaxies
A list of nearby relatively bright field galaxies within the Local Volume, about 10 Mpc (33 Mly)