Posted on 09/08/2021 4:16:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What surrounds the Andromeda galaxy? Out in space, Andromeda (M31) is closely surrounded by several small satellite galaxies, and further out it is part of the Local Group of Galaxies -- of which our Milky Way galaxy is also a member. On the sky, however, gas clouds local to our Milky Way appear to surround M31 -- not unlike how water clouds in Earth's atmosphere may appear to encompass our Moon. The gas clouds toward Andromeda, however, are usually too faint to see. Enter the featured 45-degree long image -- one of the deeper images yet taken of the broader Andromeda region. This image, sensitive to light specifically emitted by hydrogen gas, shows these faint and unfamiliar clouds in tremendous detail. But the image captures more. At the image top is the Triangulum galaxy (M33), the third largest galaxy in the Local Group and the furthest object that can be seen with the unaided eye. Below M33 is the bright Milky-Way star Mirach. The image is the digital accumulation of several long exposures taken from 2018 to 2021 from Pulsnitz, Germany.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
It will be exciting to traverse the Heavens, from one end to the other.
It’s coming our way! Duck!
I have always dreamed that upon death, one's soul is still aware and transverses the universe on it's way to be one with God. That somehow lends strength to the mortal battle.
I believe that our eternal existence won’t be too dissimilar to Star Trek, although I’m sure there will be differences.
it will be our privilege in eternity to be seeing everything, and possibly everybody, that God has created.
It’s the Andromeda Stain!
I believe that on death we immediately experience new bodies. No disembodied souls. Those who belong to Jesus will be shown indescribable wonders. Those
who do not...judgment awaits.
My dream has been that my wife and I would fly through the Universe together.
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