Andromeda & Triangulum Galaxies with Earth Aurora | International Space Station
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Expedition 72 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Don Pettit: "Star field showing M31, Andromeda and M33, the Pinwheel in Triangulum. The red is f-region atmospheric airglow coupled with some red and green aurora near the soon to rise sun with streaking city lights. Time exposure taken from Cupola using my homemade star tracker."
The Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31) is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Distance: 2 million light-years
It is thought that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide several billion years from now.
The Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 31) is a nearby spiral, the second closest large galaxy to our own Milky Way. It is packed with bright star clusters, and clouds of gas and dust.
Distance: 2.73 million light-years
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA Flight Engineers: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague
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Release Date: Feb. 19, 2025
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