Our Neighbor Andromeda
The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, is captured in full in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, and is located 2.5 million light-years from our sun.
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NASA ID
PIA12832
Date Created
February 17, 2010
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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