andromeda show

Mon, 04 May 2026 11:18:52 +0000

The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy [c] and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31, M31, and NGC 224. Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy. It is one of the few visible to the unaided eye, appearing as a milky blur. The. The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which, in addition to the Milky Way, also contains the Triangulum galaxy and about 50 other smaller galaxies. Our neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy is a proxy for spiral galaxies in the universe at large. Astronomers would know much less about the structure and evolution of our own spiral, the.