Monday, June 21, 2010

Andromeda

AndromedaANDROMEDA is a v-shaped constellation and is the first constellation in alphabetical order. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpheratz; the magnitude is 2.06. Andromeda is famously known for having the Andromeda Galaxy, which is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way galaxy. To learn about the Andromeda Galaxy: click on the "Galaxies Page" tab.

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Blog Background

The background has three Hubble Space Telescope images:

— LH 95 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Dorado constellation.

— Ant Nebula (also called Menzel 3) is an aptly-named planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.

— Egg Nebula (also called CL 2688) is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus.