Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  Andromeda Galaxy  ·  M 110  ·  M 31  ·  M 32  ·  NGC 205  ·  NGC 221  ·  NGC 224
Andromeda, M31, Marc Abelló
Andromeda, M31
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Andromeda, M31

Andromeda, M31, Marc Abelló
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Andromeda, M31

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Our neighboring Andromeda galaxy, or M31 in the Messier catalogue, is a spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 220,000 light years and is located about 2.5 million light years from Earth. This galaxy is approaching us at a speed of 420,000 km/h and will conclude in a cosmic collision of galaxies in about 5.86 billion years, forming a single galaxy, which we would name Lactomeda, being the merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda.

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Andromeda, M31, Marc Abelló