Astronomy Picture of the Day - M31: The Andromeda Galaxy

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 19 Jan, 2022 | Image Credit: Subaru (NAOJ), Hubble (NASA/ESA), Mayall (NSF);

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

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[BenLurkin]

bttt

[Liberty Valance]

It really is breathtaking. Thanks for posting.

[mombonn]

Beautiful!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It’s embarrassing to have ‘Galaxy Envy’ but I kinda do when it comes to Andromeda. ;) She’s a looker!

[M_Continuum]

Amazing ✨

[Steve Van Doorn]

The end of earth is coming... in about 4 billion years from now this galaxy will destroy our system. Yeah I heard fake scientists claim they will not collide. Simply Hogwash. The dust after two galaxies collide is massive

[MtnClimber]

I am looking at doing a homestead claim on a good planet.

[MtnClimber]

It must be drawn to collide with us to stop global warming.

[Fungi]

Farewell Andromeda: https://johndenver.com/albums/farewell-andromeda/

[Steely Tom]

That’s what a black hole does. Its gravitational effects reach out about a hundred thousand light-years in every direction.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Stars themselves rarely collide, even with two galaxies that merge. It’s like flinging two handfuls of sand at each other, where each grain of sand is separated from the others by something like half a mile.

[Steve Van Doorn]

picture the Oort cloud passing through our system a few dozen times. Don’t need a direct hit from a star to destroy this planet. I expect another Theia type planet

[Diverdogz]

A couple of thoughts:

The Milky Way might be extraordinarily beautiful when viewed from Andromeda. And even if not, ....We are a galaxy with a view: Andromeda! I can hardly wait for the deep field images that come from the JWST.

[MtnClimber]

Here is an interesting 3-min video of successive zooms in on Andromeda. It is an incredible video. There are soooo many stars.

Gigapixels of Andromeda [4K]

[simpson96]

There’s something about being able to see the Andromeda galaxy with the naked eye that is very satisfying - something SO far away. Even if it does look like a very faint smudge.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

There are some nice shots of ‘us’ in the Milky Way, too.

I am blessed to live in the middle of nowhere with NO light pollution. In August, I get a fantastic view of our side of The Milky way from my front porch.

In The Big Picture, I’m SO insignificant. Well, we ALL are; just a bunch of talking apes, on a satellite circling the sun...

[telescope115]

What an amazing video!