Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 31  ·  NGC 224
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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. Andromeda has a diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs and is approximately 765 kpc from Earth.
Distance to Earth: 2.537 million light years
Radius: 110,000 light years
Age: 10.01 billion years
Coordinates: RA 0h 42m 44s | Dec +41° 16′ 9″
Constellation: Andromeda
Stars: 1 trillion
Shape: Spiral
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