Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda galaxy  ·  Great Nebula in Andromeda  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 206  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
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M31, Andromeda Galaxy (LRGB), Ruben Barbosa
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M31, Andromeda Galaxy (LRGB)

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M31, Andromeda Galaxy (LRGB)

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* Image Acquisition by the staff at Deep Sky West Remote Observatory (www.DeepSkyWest.com).

* Processing: Ruben Barbosa.

* Distance: 2.65 Mly.

Andromeda is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years away from Earth in the direction of the Andromeda constellation. It is the closest to the Milky Way and can be observed with the naked eye depending on the atmospheric conditions. It is estimated to contain about 500 billion stars and is on a collision course with our galaxy. Computer simulations show that star collisions will be rare, revealing how far apart they are from each other.

From the observation of the image, I highlight the following objects:

• NGC 206, a brilliant stellar cloud and

• M32 and M110, two Andromeda satellite galaxies, both ellipticals, located about 2.9 million light years.

See also:

* [url= http://www.astrobin.com/314942/] Andromeda Galaxy[/url], composition.

* NGC 206,a Star Formation Region.

* M32, The Smallest Messier Galaxy.

* M110, An Elliptical Galaxy.

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