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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"

Andromeda and Friends

Andromeda and Friends

15/11/2025

The Great Lacerta Nebula

The Great Lacerta Nebula

10/09/2025

Meteor before Galaxy

Meteor before Galaxy

06/08/2025

Blue Arcs Toward Andromeda

Blue Arcs Toward Andromeda

04/08/2025

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

The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies

02/11/2023

The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda

07/10/2023

Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe

Edwin Hubble Discovers the Universe

06/10/2023

The Meteor and the Galaxy

The Meteor and the Galaxy

23/08/2023

Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace

Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace

16/08/2023

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda

12/04/2023

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

22/03/2023

Airglow Sky over France

Airglow Sky over France

15/02/2023

Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy

Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy

17/01/2023

An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands

An Artful Sky over Lofoten Islands

13/12/2022

M33: The Triangulum Galaxy

M33: The Triangulum Galaxy

03/11/2022

Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda

Clouds Around Galaxy Andromeda

24/10/2022

Andromeda in Southern Skies

Andromeda in Southern Skies

21/10/2022

Waves of the Great Lacerta Nebula

Waves of the Great Lacerta Nebula

14/09/2022