Galaxy
The nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, on a slow collision course with it.
| Type | Galaxy |
|---|---|
| Galaxy type | Spiral |
| Distance from Earth | 2,540,000 ly |
| Diameter | 1,436,690,000,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 3.00 × 10^42 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 3.44 |
| Redshift | -0.001 |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Discovered | 964 |
At 1,436,690,000,000,000,000 km across, Andromeda Galaxy is 112,752,315,178,151 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 1,508,295,625,943 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Andromeda Galaxy tonight left it around 2,537,000 years ago.
It has been on record since the year 964.
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