Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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Andromeda Galaxy(M31):  A Close-up view of the core, Prabhakaran
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Andromeda Galaxy(M31): A Close-up view of the core

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Andromeda Galaxy(M31): A Close-up view of the core

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Andromeda is the second galaxy in our night sky after our milky way which is visible to the unaided eyes, at a staggering 2.5 million light-years distance it appears like a fuzzy patch in the andromeda constellation, and through a modest telescope, it appears like a cotton ball, through a big telescope, one can see its faint dust lanes, spiral arms and individual star clusters in it. This Close up image of the Andromeda galaxy shows many features such as a bright nucleus, dark dust lanes, luminous spiral arms, satellite galaxies, star clusters, and bright red emission HII regions.

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Andromeda Galaxy(M31):  A Close-up view of the core, Prabhakaran