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Is the Andromeda galaxy in the Northern Hemisphere?

April 26, 2017andromeda Galaxy northern hemisphere

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Is the Andromeda galaxy in the Northern Hemisphere?

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The rim stars are dim, even through a good 14″ telescope you can generally only make out the core stars. Otherwise the galaxy would appear a bit larger than our own moon, from our perspective here on earth. Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away, and a bit bigger than our galaxy.