Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), Victor Lima Marques
M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
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M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

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This is the galaxy which, according to computer calculations simulation, will collide with the Milky Way. The Andromeda galaxy despite being twice the size of the Milky Way, and have more stars is not as massive as the amount of dark matter is lower in M31. In the picture you can see its two satellite galaxies, M32 and M110.

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M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), Victor Lima Marques