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Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, located about 2.5 million light-years away. It is a spiral galaxy similar in structure to our own.

Source: science.nasa.gov

APODs including "Andromeda Galaxy"

Rainbow Airglow over the Azores

Rainbow Airglow over the Azores

03/06/2025

Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic

Hubble's Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic

21/02/2025

Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

09/01/2025

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

28/11/2024

Stellar Streams in the Local Universe

Stellar Streams in the Local Universe

27/09/2024

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

08/09/2024

Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy

Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy

26/04/2024

Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring

Comet Pons-Brooks in Northern Spring

09/03/2024

Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

Northern Lights from the Stratosphere

18/01/2024

Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

Rainbow Aurora over Icelandic Waterfall

27/12/2023

Aurora and Milky Way over Norway

Aurora and Milky Way over Norway

12/12/2023

Andromeda over the Alps

Andromeda over the Alps

13/11/2023