Galaxies
Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: Present Day
May 31, 2012 · NASA · M31, NGC 224, Andromeda Galaxy
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This is a nighttime view of the current sky, with the bright belt of our Milky Way. The Andromeda galaxy lies 2.5 million light-years away and looks like a faint spindle, several times the diameter of the full Moon.
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