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How many light years from the milky galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy?
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The Andromeda Galaxy is at a distance of about 2.5 million light-years from Earth; or from the Milky Way.
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What is the distance between Milky way Galaxy and Andromeda Galaxy?
100,00 light years away.
Is there any galaxy that is bigger than Andromeda galaxy?
Yes.The only ones I know is IC 1101 and Messier 87.The Andromeda galaxy is twice the size of our Milky Way.The Andromeda is 260,000 light years across,while the Milky Way is 100,000 light years across.A light year is 5,878,499,812,499 miles.
What is the galaxy next to the Milky Way called?
The nearest "big" galaxy after the Milky Way is called the Andromeda galaxy, because with our line of sight from earth, it appears to be in the the constellation Andromeda. It is 2.5 million light years away.
What size is the Andromeda galaxy?
About twice the size of the Milky Way, so about 200,000 light-years across, so the Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across.
How far is the Andromeda galaxy from the milky way galaxy?
even at th speed of light it 2,000,000 (2 million) years away!!!!!!!!!!!
Is our solar system art of the Andromeda galaxy?
No. We live in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 million light years away.
What is the distance between Milky way Galaxy and Andromeda Galaxy?
100,00 light years away.
What galaxy is closer in distance to the milky way?
Andromeda is the cloest galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy at 2.5 million light years away.
Is there any galaxy that is bigger than Andromeda galaxy?
Yes.The only ones I know is IC 1101 and Messier 87.The Andromeda galaxy is twice the size of our Milky Way.The Andromeda is 260,000 light years across,while the Milky Way is 100,000 light years across.A light year is 5,878,499,812,499 miles.
How far from the Milky Way Galaxy would the Andromeda Galaxy be if the Milky Way was 1cm?
About 25.4 cm. The Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.54 million light years from us. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. So if 100,000 lights years equals 1 cm, then 2,540,000 / 100,000 = 25.4
What is a nearby galaxy to the milky way?
Two nearby galaxies are Andromeda galaxy and Triangulum galaxy. Andromeda galaxy is about 2.56 million light years away from us. Triangulum galaxy is about 3 million light years away from us.
Is Andromeda in the milky way?
no. Andromeda is our nearest milky way's neighbor galaxy. so Andromeda is not locate in the milky way. the distance between these 2 galaxies are roughly 2.5 millions light years.
Which galaxy is next to the Milky Way?
The Andromeda Galaxy, located approximately 2.5 million light-years from earth.
What is the galaxy next to the Milky Way called?
The nearest "big" galaxy after the Milky Way is called the Andromeda galaxy, because with our line of sight from earth, it appears to be in the the constellation Andromeda. It is 2.5 million light years away.
Is the milky way 5.8 million light years from the galaxy Andromeda?
No, the Andromeda galaxy is about 2.4 million light years away. Refer to the related links for the relevant link to Wikipedia.org, "The World's Encyclopedia"
What is the name of the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky way?
Andromeda, at 2.2 million light years.
What can you conclude about the Andromeda galaxy?
It is a spiral galaxy, similar to our own Milky Way, at a distance of about 3 million light-years.
