Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  32 And  ·  35 And  ·  35 nu. And  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  HD2702  ·  HD2993  ·  HD3141  ·  HD3431  ·  HD3447  ·  HD3741  ·  HD3765  ·  HD3827  ·  HD3969  ·  HD4143  ·  HD4174  ·  HD4322  ·  HD4501  ·  HD4669  ·  HD4902  ·  HD5065  ·  HD5129  ·  HD5285  ·  HD5314  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  And 2 more.
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy wide field, Paul Ricker
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy wide field

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy wide field

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The Andromeda Galaxy, our friendly Local Group spiral companion that will merge with the Milky Way in a Gyr or so. Data taken from a very dark site, the Mexican National Observatory at San Pedro Martir. In only 40 minutes I was able to just barely get the tidal tails from M31's interactions with its satellites.

EDIT: blend a bit better with the background, push stars forward a bit to better emphasize that the galaxy is behind them.

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy wide field, Paul Ricker