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  2. Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    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 ) [ 8 ] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years ...

  3. Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Gigapixels of Andromeda, is a 2015 composite photograph of the Andromeda Galaxy produced by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is 1.5 billion pixels in size, and is the largest image ever taken by the telescope. [1] At the time of its release to the public, the image was one of the largest ever ...

  4. NGC 828 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 828 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Andromeda. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 5200 ± 17 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 250.2 ± 17.5 Mly (76.70 ± 5.37 Mpc). [1] Additionally, three non-redshift measurements give a distance of 223.52 ± 7.06 Mly (68.533 ± 2.165 Mpc). [2]

  5. 'Enticing empire of stars:' See Andromeda galaxy in newly ...

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    NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy, an empire of stars, that is the Milky Way galaxy's closest neighbor. This photo shows the Milky Way as seen from Black Balsam, mountain range ...

  6. When to watch tonight's full moon - followed by Leonids ...

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    November's full moon, the beaver moon, will reach peak illumination on Friday Nov. 15 at 4:28 p.m Eastern. It will be below the horizon, so wait until sunset to watch it rise and appear in the sky.

  7. Andromeda (constellation) - Wikipedia

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    The most famous deep-sky object in Andromeda is the spiral galaxy cataloged as Messier 31 (M31) or NGC 224 but known colloquially as the Andromeda Galaxy for the constellation. [54] M31 is one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye, 2.2 million light-years from Earth (estimates range up to 2.5 million light-years). [ 55 ]

  8. NGC 13 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 13 is a spiral galaxy [1] in the constellation Andromeda. It is estimated to be about 220 million light-years (66 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun. [ 1 ] It was discovered on November 26, 1790, by William Herschel .

  9. NGC 51 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 51 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Andromeda. It has a diameter of 90,000 light-years. [3] The galaxy was discovered on September 7, 1885, by Lewis Swift, who described it as "Pretty faint, pretty small, round, brighter middle." [3] One supernova, SN 2016gxp (type Ia, mag. 18.6), was discovered in NGC 51 on October 5, 2016. [5]