Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm 500 light-years away in the

500 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros

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while the turbulent base is pockmarked with stars reddened by dust

This striking NASA Hubble Space Telescope image

Blue and violet represent the X-ray observations of Chandra

Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm 500 light-years away in theThe Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2. 5 million light years from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, but not the closest galaxy overall. The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the