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Hubble Takes a 2.5 Gigapixel Image of Andromeda


he Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbour, barring dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky Way. When conditions are right, we can see it with the naked eye, though it appears as a grey smudge.

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