Two companion galaxies of the Milky Way. They are visible only from the southern hemisphere. They may be gravitationally bound to the Milky Way, so that they orbit it, or they may just be making a close pass by the Milky Way. Each is less than 200,000 light-years away, making them our closest known galactic neighbors.
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