The Neighboring Galaxy

Two stargazers on a hill-top against a telephoto view of our main galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). The giant cosmic island, larger than the Milky Way and home to many billions of stars is 2.5 million light years away. Click on the second photo to see a wider angle view of this scene. The images re made from Älmsta at the east coast of Sweden, not far from Stockholm. © P-M Heden