Astronomers have long thought that the Milky Way is headed for an inevitable crash with its neighbor, Andromeda. But a new ...

The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, visible to the naked eye and set to merge with our galaxy in the distant future ...

Among the 88 official constellations, Cassiopeia ranks as the 25th largest ... years away (slightly less than the distance of the Andromeda Galaxy [M31]), you’d probably think, “This has ...

The Andromeda Galaxy, also called Messier 31 or M31 ... One of the easiest is to locate the constellation Cassiopeia, which forms a kind of M or W shape in the sky. The lowest point of the ...

Cassiopeia is one of the proudest constellations in the sky and stands ... of Pegasus is my starting point for finding the Andromeda Galaxy. Take the corner of the square closest to Cassiopeia ...

Tonight, the constellation Andromeda is in the northeastern ... Halfway along the V and toward the W of Cassiopeia is the galaxy. At 2½ million light years away, M31 is the most distant object ...

The galaxy is estimated to have as many as a trillion stars – and will one day collide with our own Milky Way. Andromeda can be seen near Cassiopeia (look for the constellation's pointing arrow ...

you can just barely see the Andromeda galaxy. This is the one thing visible to the unaided eye located outside our galaxy. First, find Cassiopeia, the constellation shaped like the letter W.

One of the classic constellations of autumn is ... great Greek mythological story involving Perseus, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, and Princess Andromeda. Perseus was the son of Zeus, king of the gods.

There are yet two other smaller companions (NGC 147 and 185) which are much fainter and placed much farther away, close to the border of nearby Cassiopeia. As you look at the Andromeda Galaxy ...

(MENAFN- AsiaNet News) The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest large ... You can locate it using either the Cassiopeia constellation or the Great Square of Pegasus as guides.