This optical image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) shows the beautiful spiral structure of a spiral galaxy. M31 is our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy (outside of the Milky Way)...
| Optical image of the Andromeda Galaxy | 13/10/1999 | ||
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This optical image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) shows the beautiful spiral structure of a spiral galaxy. M31 is our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy (outside of the Milky Way)... |
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| Image Credit: Dr. M. Garcia, Dr. S. Murray, Palomar Sky Survey | |||
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| Optical Image of the Andromeda Galaxy This optical image of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) shows the beautiful spiral structure of a spiral galaxy. M31 is our nearest neighbor spiral galaxy (outside of the Milky Way), and therefore offers us a view of what the Milky Way might look like if we could travel from our current location in the middle of a Milky Way spiral arm to a point high above our galaxy. The black square in the center shows the size of the nuclear region imaged by Chandra. | |
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