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Messier 31 - Andromeda Galaxy, Rui Horta Lourenço

Messier 31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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Messier 31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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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 31M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years)=10.5px and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth. The galaxy's name stems from the area of Earth's sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda, which itself is named after the princess who was the wife of Perseus in Greek mythology.

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