Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy
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This video shows the location of the Andromeda Galaxy (also known as Messier 31, or M 31) in the sky. M 31 is the closest spiral galaxy to Earth. The video begins with a photograph of the Milky Way, and ends on an image of M 31 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:
S. Brunier, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
About the Video
| Id: | heic1112b |
| Release date: | 21 July 2011, 10:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1112 |
| Duration: | 50s |
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Type : Variable • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Stars Images/Videos • Galaxies Images/Videos • HD Videos |