1. A large spiral galaxy may contain thousands of H II regions.

2. Andromeda Galaxy, great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy

3. The Andromeda galaxy is a spiral galaxy 2.5 million light-years from the Milky Way

4. 14 Explanation: This impressive color composite shows spiral galaxy M 81 across the electromagnetic spectrum.

5. Yet, our neighboring spiral galaxy, Andromeda, is over twice the size of ours and may contain some 600,000,000,000 stars.

6. It is categorized as a double-barred spiral galaxy with a small inner bulge through the core along with an outer bulge.

7. Andromeda Galaxy, also called Andromeda Nebula, (catalog numbers NGC 224 and M31), great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest large galaxy

8. The Solar System is located in the Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 100,000 light-years containing about 100 billion stars.

9. Hubble Captures a Cannibal Galaxy This remarkable spiral galaxy, known as NGC 4651, may look serene and peaceful as it swirls in the vast, silent emptiness of space, but don’t be fooled — it keeps a violent secret

10. The Andromeda Galaxy (IPA: / æ n ˈ d r ɒ m ɪ d ə /), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224 and originally the Andromeda Nebula (see below), is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way

11. Astroarchaeology November 17 at 9:02 PM · One fascinating quirk of the Universe is that shapes and patterns can be found in hugely different contexts: the Golden Spiral can be seen in the human cochlea and the shape of a spiral galaxy; the fractal geometry of veins echoed in the branching of