The photo for the week of January 24, 2008 is named the Andromeda Island Universe. To the naked eye, M31 would be the farthest visible object. This M object, known as the Andromeda Galaxy is calculated to be 2.5 million LY from Earth. The naked eye sees M31 as a faint oval in the Autumn sky in the constellation Andromeda known as the Princess. The galaxy itself spans almost a quarter of a million light-years. This spiral looking gas cloud contains a yellowish core, stunning blue swirling arms, and millions of star clusters. Less that a century ago, astronomers would no doubt ably deny most of the research that has arisen from this amazing galaxy.
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