Nighttime Sky View of Future Galaxy Merger: Present Day
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.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | opo1220c |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 6 May 2014, 15:48 |
| Size: | 3600 x 2025 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, Galaxy Collisions, M 31, Messier 31, Milky Way |
| Type: | Unspecified : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Milky Way |
| Category: | Galaxies |
