Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  35 nu. And  ·  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224  ·  The star νAnd
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Moon over Andromeda, Adam Block
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Moon over Andromeda

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Moon over Andromeda

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My *very old* (circa 2006!!) image of the Moon over Andromeda was recently re-published as a random repeat image on APOD. That reminded me that I wanted to update the image with the latest widefield version of the Andromeda Galaxy. So here it is...

The image intends to show the difference in angular scale between the moon at 1/2 degree and our nearest galactic neighbor that spans more than 4 degrees in deep images. At the time I created this image, this was one of the few that portrayed this particular coupling to illustrate perspective. The old image went on to become somewhat viral at the time.

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Moon over Andromeda, Adam Block