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Our Neighbor Andromeda
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The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31, is captured in full in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, and is located 2.5 million light-years from our sun.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineOur Neighbor Andromeda. NASA/JPL, 2010-02-17. Public domain. ID: PIA12832.