Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm As it finished

As it finished

The edges of the cavities at upper left and lower right appear straight

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500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros

while the turbulent base is pockmarked with stars reddened by dust

Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm As it finishedThe Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2. 5 million light years from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, but not the closest galaxy overall. The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the