Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy, itastro
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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

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The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with the diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs approximately 765 kpc from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.

Distance to Earth: 2.537 million light years
Radius: 110,000 light years
Age: 10.01 billion years
Stars: 1 trillion
ConstellationAndromeda
Coordinates: RA 0h 42m 44s | Dec +41° 16′ 9″
Apparent magnitude (V): 3.44

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M31 - Andromeda Galaxy, itastro