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Credit & Copyright: Dzmitry Kananovich
Explanation:
Have you ever seen the Andromeda galaxy?
Although
M31
appears as a faint and fuzzy blob to the unaided eye,
the light you see will be over two million years old,
making it likely the oldest light you ever will
see directly.
The featured image captured
Andromeda just before it set behind the
Swiss
Alps early last year.
As cool as it may be to see this
neighboring galaxy to our Milky Way
with your own eyes, long duration camera exposures can pick up many
faint and
breathtaking details.
The image
is composite of foreground and background images taken
consecutively with the same camera and from the same location.
Recent data indicate that our
Milky Way Galaxy
will collide and coalesce
with Andromeda galaxy in a few billion years.
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Publications with keywords: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
Publications with words: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
See also:
- The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 August 23 Á The Meteor and the Galaxy
- NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 March 22 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 January 17 Á Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy
- Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda
- Andromeda in Southern Skies