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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"
The Andromeda Deep Field
19/05/2003
Nearby Spiral M33
02/12/2002
Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
23/08/2002
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
21/07/2002
Andromeda Island Universe
18/05/2002
A Galaxy is not a Comet
12/04/2002
Ikeya-Zhang: Comet Over Colorado
04/04/2002
Elements of Nearby Spiral M33
27/09/2001
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group
23/10/2000
Andromeda Island Universe
08/09/2000
M32: Blue Stars in an Elliptical Galaxy
03/11/1999
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
12/04/1999
The Comet and the Galaxy
14/03/1999
The Comet and the Galaxy
25/11/1997
Hale-Bopp and Andromeda Credit and Copyright:
01/04/1997
Comet Hale-Bopp and the Dumbbell Nebula Credit and Copyright:
20/02/1997
M33: The Triangulum Galaxy
08/07/1996
Local Group Galaxy NGC 205
08/01/1996
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy M32
06/01/1996
M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
24/07/1995