Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy, Alan Mason
Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy
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Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy

Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy, Alan Mason
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Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy

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The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy, residing over 2.5 million light-years from us, and is the nearest known galaxy to our Milky-Way Galaxy. This galaxy spans over 110,000 light-years across. Andromeda is so massive that it has 14 dwarf galaxies accompanying it through space.

Imaged with the IDAS LPS-P2 filter.

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Description: sharpened and a slight better stretch

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Messier 31 - The Andromeda Galaxy, Alan Mason