The galaxy in question is the famous Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31, which is the most distant ... It gets its name from the constellation it’s found within the boundaries of—Andromeda.

called the Andromeda Nebula (after the constellation in which it was located). It was entry 31 in Charles Messier's 18th century catalog of interesting fuzzy objects, and is thus also called M31 ...

M31, or NGC 224; older texts often called it the Andromeda Nebula) is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda.

The galaxy is located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major (which ... the neighbouring spiral galaxy Andromeda, also known as M31, in ultraviolet light. Scientists have formed this image ...

Go outside after dark this month and look high up in the northeast sky and you’ll find the W-shaped constellation ... very large and very close galaxy. Also called M31—and our closest giant ...

The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (2.4×10 km) from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often ...