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The Andromeda galaxy: All you need to know
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Closest spiral galaxy : Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
: Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy.
The large spiral galaxy next doorAlthough several dozen minor galaxies lie closer to our Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy is the closest large spiral galaxy to ours.
History of our knowledge of the Andromeda galaxyAt one time, the Andromeda galaxy was called the Great Andromeda Nebula.
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