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M31 Central region the Andromeda Galaxy is a large spiral galaxy. M31 is on a collision course with our Galaxy the Milky Way, though at a distance of 2 million light years there is no need to worry yet. Link-words: Messier Galaxy

M31 Central region

the Andromeda Galaxy is a large spiral galaxy. M31 is on a collision course with our Galaxy the Milky Way, though at a distance of 2 million light years there is no need to worry yet.

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File information
Filename:M31_c.png
Album name:Whitters / Messier Objects
Rating (2 votes):55555
Link-words:Messier / Galaxy
Image date, time and location:13th October 2002
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Thirteen 60 Second exposures at the prime focus of a Celestron C8 operating at f10. using a Starlight Xpress MX916 camera.
Filesize:102 KiB
Date added:Jul 20, 2003
Dimensions:365 x 286 pixels
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