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Credit & Copyright: Piotr Czerski
Explanation:
This magnificent extragalactic
skyscape
looks toward the Andromeda Galaxy, the
closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way.
It also accomplishes a Messier catalog trifecta by including
Andromeda, cataloged as
Messier
31 (M31),
along with
Messier
32 (M32),
and
Messier
110 (M110)
in the same telescopic
field of view.
In this frame, M32 is just left of the Andromeda Galaxy's bright core with
M110 below and to the right.
M32 and M110 are both elliptical galaxies themselves
and satellites of the larger spiral Andromeda.
By combining 60 hours of broadband and narrowband image data,
the deep telescopic view also reveals tantalizing details of
dust lanes, young star clusters, and star-forming regions along
Andromeda's spiral arms, and
faint, foreground
clouds of glowing hydrogen gas.
For now,
Andromeda and friends are some 2.5 million light-years
from our own large spiral Milky Way.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: M 31 - M 32 - M 110
Publications with words: M 31 - M 32 - M 110
See also:
- APOD: 2025 August 6 Á Meteor before Galaxy
- Hubble s Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
- NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
- APOD: 2024 September 8 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 November 13 Á Andromeda over the Alps
- The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 August 23 Á The Meteor and the Galaxy