Mike Cavaroc, Free Roaming Photography
What you need
Binoculars
THIS week, we are taking stargazing to the extreme to spot the most distant object it is possible to see with the naked eye: the Andromeda galaxy.
This spiral galaxy is named after the nearby constellation of Andromeda. Also called Messier 31, M31 or NGC 224, it is between 2.2 and 2.5 million light years from Earth. This makes it the closest major galaxy, and the closest spiral galaxy, to our own. It is the biggest galaxy in the group, a collection of just over 30 galaxies that includes the Milky Way, and it is…
