Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star 32And  ·  The star νAnd
Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224), Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim
Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224)
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224), Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim
Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224)
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224)

A spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to us, Andromeda was observed and identified for the first time by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi the Persian-Muslim astronomer in the 10th century.

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Andromeda Galaxy (M31, NGC 224), Ahmed Saleh Ibrahim