Image Details
Category
Galaxy
Telescope
Williams Optics UltraCat 108
Camera
ZWO ASI2600MM
Location
Starfront Observatory
Captured
2026-08-14
About this image
The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy[c] 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 D25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years)[9] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth.
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