The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way which is about 2.5 million light-years away. It is the largest spiral galaxy in the Local Group, a group of galaxies that also includes the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy.

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Photograph and galaxy description by Ezequiel Etcheverry

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