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Jun 16, 2024 · The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224.
Jun 19, 2024 · Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth, and its diameter is approximately 200,000 light-years.
Sep 12, 2023 · Excluding the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, visible from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, the Andromeda galaxy is the brightest external galaxy visible in our night sky. And, at 2.5 million...
Oct 26, 2023 · The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier 31 or M31, is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of the Local Group...
Dec 1, 2023 · The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Milky Way at nearly a quarter million miles per hour. It is the closet major galaxy to our Milky Way and is the most distant thing you can see with the...
Nov 30, 2023 · Andromeda's satellite galaxy, M32 — a small, compact elliptical galaxy — is thought to be the core of the renegade galaxy that collided with Andromeda.
Jan 31, 2024 · This detailed view of our galactic next-door neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, contains over 100 million resolved stars and thousands of star clusters. The panorama sweeps from the galaxy's central bulge across lanes of stars and dust to the sparser outer disk.
Apr 17, 2024 · The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a diameter of approximately 220,000 light-years, making it larger than our own Milky Way Galaxy. It is home to a central bulge of stars surrounded by a disk of spiral arms that contain young, hot stars, as well as older, cooler stars.
Jul 29, 2023 · Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, Andromeda is an elliptic galaxy and is considered the largest galaxy in the Local Group, a collection of galaxies that includes the Milky Way.
Oct 23, 2023 · Galactic archaeology uncovers the dramatic history of our next-door neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy. 23 October 2023. Research led by the University of Hertfordshire has revealed the dramatic history of Andromeda, our nearest neighbouring galaxy.
