Introduction
The Andromeda Galaxy, our neighbor galaxy, will one day; be a part of us. The Andromeda Galaxy has over 1 trillion starsand is a spiral galaxy! Andromeda Galaxy has a radius of 110,000 Light Years, which means, if ye went light speed through the Andromeda Galaxy, it would take ye 110,000 Earth Years from Start to End. It takes 2.537 Million Light Years to get from Earth to The Andromeda Galaxy. Discovered in 964 in Persia, Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi describe it as a Nebulous Smear; which is why is was once known as The Andromeda Nebula. Other names for The Andromeda Galaxy are Messier 31, M31 & NGC 224. Not only is The Andromeda Galaxy our neighbor galaxy, it is also the nearest galaxy to our own. List of Stars Some of the trillions of The Stars in The Andromeda Galaxy are Go And, AN And, HD 3883, 26 And, HD 225218, OP And, CG And, ET And, 51 And, 65 And, 2 And, 22 And, V428 And, 4 And, 10 And, LN And, GRB 34, Z And, WASP-1, S And, HAT-P-53 & R And. Andromeda Characteristics The appearance of The Andromeda Galaxy as of visible light is classified as an SA(s)b Galaxy in the de Vaucouleurs-Sandage Extended Classification System which is a system that divides galaxies into the categories of Ellipticals, Lenticulars, Spirals & Irregulars. In the 2MASS survey data, Two Micron All-Sky Survey, which is an astronomy survey of The Whole Space Sky within the infrared view, it is a barred spiral Galaxy. Andromilky or Milkymeda? One day in the future, The Milky Way and The Andromeda Galaxy will cease to be sovereign over themselves, one day, they shalt be one. Approximately 4 Billion Years from Today, Andromeda will collide with The Milky Way Galaxy and we will be a dual galaxy. Whether this will results in a peaceful fusion or a Super Awesome Powerful explosion, or a mix is yet to be known. Will this new galaxy be called Andromilky or Milkymeda? That's an answr only our predecessors 4 Billion Years from now can answer.
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