The northern sky’s greatest galaxy gets its familiar name from the northern constellation where it resides, Andromeda the Princess. This star system is our nearest large spiral galaxy, and it sits at the far end of the Local Group of galaxies. Observations Observers have described M31 as something other than starlike as far back as 964. In thatContinue reading “Michael’s Miscellany: Observe the Andromeda Galaxy”
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