Ngc209 on Suburban Backyard Astro Sightshttps://hgastro.github.io/tags/ngc209/Recent content in Ngc209 on Suburban Backyard Astro SightsHugo -- gohugo.ioenhgastroblog@gmail.comhgastroblog@gmail.comAll images and content on this website © 2025 Howard GramsFri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000The Andromeda Galaxyhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2024-01-19-andromeda-galaxy-revisited/Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000hgastroblog@gmail.comhttps://hgastro.github.io/posts/2024-01-19-andromeda-galaxy-revisited/<p>The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint smudge on a dark moonless night; it is impressive in a small telescope; but it takes a long exposure photograph to reveal its full extent and structure.</p>