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The Andromeda Nebula
Here lies an up close image of the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. The haze or glow that surrounds the large object in the image is actually part of the spiral galaxy, the bright core being a large star cluster. Visible within the constellation of Andromeda, the Andromeda Galaxy is our closest major galaxy at “only” 2.5 million light-years. Containing one trillion starts, over twice as many as the Milky Way, the galaxy stretches across 220,000 light-years. On a moonless night, even in areas with some light pollution, the Andromeda Galaxy is visible to the naked eye. One of the most interesting features of the Andromeda Galaxy, however, is that it is actually approaching our Milky Way Galaxy at 68 miles per second (110 km/s) and is expected to collide with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Well, collide in the sense that the two galaxies will merge, the probability that any of the stars involved would actually collide individually is incredibly negligible. The initial images were taken by Dr. James Webb at the FIU AstroScience Center and color combined by Bobby Martinez.
The Andromeda Nebula
Here lies an up close image of the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy. The haze or glow that surrounds the large object in the image is actually part of the spiral galaxy, the bright core being a large star cluster. Visible within the constellation of Andromeda, the Andromeda Galaxy is our closest major galaxy at “only” 2.5 million light-years. Containing one trillion starts, over twice as many as the Milky Way, the galaxy stretches across 220,000 light-years. On a moonless night, even in areas with some light pollution, the Andromeda Galaxy is visible to the naked eye. One of the most interesting features of the Andromeda Galaxy, however, is that it is actually approaching our Milky Way Galaxy at 68 miles per second (110 km/s) and is expected to collide with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. Well, collide in the sense that the two galaxies will merge, the probability that any of the stars involved would actually collide individually is incredibly negligible. The initial images were taken by Dr. James Webb at the FIU AstroScience Center and color combined by Bobby Martinez.