M31 Andromeda galaxy shoot in the visible light spectrum and in that of hydrogen to shows the many emission nebulae present
he Andromeda Galaxy also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately million light-years from Earth. It is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way and was often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. It received its name from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. Being approximately 220,000 light years across, it is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the Triangulum Galaxy, and about 44 other smaller galaxies.
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