Thursday 2 June 2011

Andromeda Galaxy


Gambar yg diatas tu adalah Andromeda Galaxy..
It's a spiral galaxy..
Distance from the earth is 2.5 million light years
Also know as Messier 31, M31 or NGC 224
Ia juga galaxy yang paling dekat dengan Milky Way iaitu our galaxy
Andromeda gets its name from the area of the sky which it appears, the Andromeda constellation yang mna dinamakan sempena mythological Princess Andromeda
It's the largest galaxy of local group.
Local group-consist of Andromeda, Milky Way, The Triangulum Galaxy and about 30 other smaller galaxies
M31 mempunya one trillion stars..

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