Posted on 06/25/2013 9:10:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our Galaxy is thought to look much like Andromeda. Together these two galaxies dominate the Local Group of galaxies. The diffuse light from Andromeda is caused by the hundreds of billions of stars that compose it. The several distinct stars that surround Andromeda's image are actually stars in our Galaxy that are well in front of the background object. Andromeda is frequently referred to as M31 since it is the 31st object on Messier's list of diffuse sky objects. M31 is so distant it takes about two million years for light to reach us from there. Although visible without aid, the above image of M31 was taken with a small telescope. Much about M31 remains unknown, including how it acquired its unusual double-peaked center.
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If I named my daughter that, combined with the last name, she’d sound like the star of a Blaxploitation movie.
Who’s that?
Lexa Doig. Canadian actress who played the avatar of a futuristic warship called the Andromeda in a series of the same name. The show was set in outer space.
Kevin Sorbo played the Captain of said ship.
It was a fun, quirky at times little adventure.
Too bad, that would be a site to see.
Maybe her middle name could be Dromeda, first name Anne?
Hard to forget.
Nah, I like Andromeda as one word.
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