The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. The image also shows Messier Objects 32 and 110, as well as NGC 206 (a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy) and the star Nu Andromedae. This image was taken using a hydrogen-alpha filter.
Image: “Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha)” by Adam Evans, licensed CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons.
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- Adam Evans
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- “Andromeda Galaxy (with h-alpha)” by Adam Evans (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
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