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Description The Andromeda Galaxy (IPA: /ænˈdrɒmɪdə/), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula, is a barred spiral galaxy with the diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years) approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way.
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Source Andromeda Galaxy - Reprocessed with Astro Pixel Processor
Author Stephen Rahn from Acworth, GA, USA

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