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- 1. Under the Night Oct 2, 2000
- Capt. Dylan Hunt and his ship are rescued after being trapped in a black hole for 300 years.
- 2. An Affirming Flame Oct 9, 2000
- The last starship captain sets out to restore a universe devastated by civil war.
- 3. To Loose the Fateful Lightning Oct 16, 2000
- Dylan inadvertently gives a group of child warriors power to destroy a solar system.
The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda has a D 25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) and is
- 3.167° × 1°
- (1.5±0.5)×10¹² M☉
- ~1 trillion (10¹²)
Apr 27, 2024 · Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 2,480,000 light-years from Earth, and its diameter is approximately 200,000 light-years.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Large Spiral Galaxy Next Door
- When to Look For It
- Use Cassiopeia to Find The Andromeda Galaxy
- Or Use The Great Square to Find M31
- History of Our Knowledge of The Andromeda Galaxy
- Andromeda and Milky Way in Context
- Will The Andromeda Galaxy Collide with The Milky Way?
- When Galaxies Collide …
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Although several dozen minor galaxies lie closer to our Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy is the closest large spiral galaxy to ours. Excluding the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, visible from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, the Andromeda galaxy is the brightest external galaxy visible in our night sky. And, at 2.5 million light-years, it’s the most ...
From mid-northern latitudes, you can see Andromeda – M31 – for at least part of every night, all year long. But most people see the galaxy first around August or September, when it’s high enough in the sky to be seen from evening until daybreak. In early September, begin looking for the galaxy in mid-evening, about midway between your local nightfa...
The constellation Cassiopeia is easy to find. Look generally northward on the sky’s dome for a pattern of stars shaped like the letter M or W. If you can recognize the North Star, Polaris– and if you know how to find the Big Dipper – be aware that the Big Dipper and Cassiopeia move around Polaris like the hands of a clock, always opposite each othe...
You can also star-hop to the Andromeda galaxy, using the Great Square of Pegasus. It’s a longer route. But, in many ways, it’s more beautiful. You’ll be hopping to the Andromeda galaxy from the Great Square of Pegasus. In autumn, the Great Square of Pegasus looks like a great big baseball diamondin the eastern sky. Envision the bottom star of the S...
At one time, the Andromeda galaxy was called the Great Andromeda Nebula. Astronomers thought this patch of light was composed of glowing gases, or was perhaps a solar system in the process of formation. It wasn’t until the 20th century that astronomers were able to resolve the Andromeda spiral nebula into individual stars. This discovery lead to a ...
The Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies reign as the two most massive and dominant galaxies within the Local Groupof galaxies. The Andromeda galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which, in addition to the Milky Way, also contains the Triangulum galaxy and about 30 other smaller galaxies. Both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxies lay cla...
One of our readers wrote: A definite possibility describes much of what we know – or think we know – about the universe. As for the Andromeda galaxy and its future collision with our Milky Way: the first attempt to measure the radial velocityof this galaxy (its motion forward or back, along our line of sight) was made in 1912. After that, astronome...
What happens when galaxies collide? They don’t exactly crash into each other. Because there’s so much more space than stars even in a galaxy, colliding galaxies pass through each other, like ghosts. But, colliding galaxies do interact via gravity, which will cause them to change shape and even merge into a larger galaxy. Check out this cool video: ...
Learn how to find and observe the nearest large spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, also known as Messier 31. See stunning images of Andromeda from EarthSky community and discover its history and future collision with our galaxy.
Oct 26, 2023 · The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier 31 or M31, is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 2.5 million light years away from Earth and is the other major member of the Local Group,...
Jan 6, 2015 · See the largest Hubble mosaic of M31, our nearest major galactic neighbor, with over 100 million stars and star clusters. Learn how Hubble reveals the structure and evolution of this spiral galaxy and its stellar populations.
Jan 5, 2015 · See the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy, also known as M31, by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy's disc.
See the sharpest image ever of our galactic next-door neighbor, Andromeda (M31), taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Explore over 100 million stars, star clusters, dust lanes, and colors in this stunning mosaic of a spiral galaxy.
