{"copyright":"Piotr Czerski","date":"2025-11-15","explanation":"This magnificent extragalactic skyscape looks toward the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spi ral galaxy to the Milky Way. It also accomplishes a Messier catalog trifecta by including Andromeda, cataloged as Messier 31 (M31), along with Messier 32 (M32), and Messier 110 (M110) in the same telescopic field of view. In this frame, M3 2 is just left of the Andromeda Galaxy's bright core with M110 below and to the right. M32 and M110 are both elliptical galaxies themselves and satellites of th e larger spiral Andromeda. By combining 60 hours of broadband and narrowband ima ge data, the deep telescopic view also reveals tantalizing details of dust lanes , young star clusters, and star-forming regions along Andromeda's spiral arms, a nd faint, foreground clouds of glowing hydrogen gas. For now, Andromeda and frie nds are some 2.5 million light-years from our own large spiral Milky Way.","hdur l":"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/image\/2511\/M31AB.jpg","media_type":"image", "service_version":"v1","title":"Andromeda and Friends","url":"https:\/\/apod.nas a.gov\/apod\/image\/2511\/M31AB_1024.jpg"}
