Aug 15, 2024, 06:00 PM IST
The Andromeda constellation, one of the 88 modern constellations, is home to the galaxy NGC 7640 and should not be confused with the nearby Andromeda Galaxy.
This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) captures the vast Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or M31.
The Andromeda Galaxy, or Messier 31 (M31), lies 2.5 million light-years away from the Milky Way and is a stunning object for amateur astronomers to observe.
The ESA Herschel Space Observatory's image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) uses infrared data from the PACS and SPIRE instruments, with wavelengths shown in 70 µm (blue), 100 µm (green), and 160 µm and 250 µm (red).
This illustration shows the night sky just before the anticipated merger between our Milky Way galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.
Astrophotographers Bob and Janice Fera captured this image of star cloud NGC 206 in the Andromeda Galaxy from Eagle Ridge Observatory, California, on Sept. 17-19, 2012, using an Officina Stellare RC-360AST 14" f/8 telescope.
This new portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) was captured by the Subaru Telescope using its high-resolution Hyper-Suprime Cam (HSC). The image was released on July 31, 2013.
This artist's impression depicts a gas "bridge" connecting the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) on the right with the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) on the left.