Guess I'll have to trust you on this one.
2007-10-23 16:35:49 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you mean Andromeda, 2.5 million light years (give or take a few thousand light years).
But there are other galaxies closer than that, but I think Andromeda is the closest spiral (the others are all dwarf ellipticals, I think).
And I didn't look it up.
2007-10-23 16:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uh, no GOOGLE?
Okay, I will try...
Its the spiral galaxy Spirillicus in the constellation Epson Major. Due to a trick of lighting, its actually closer than the Milky Way.
(how did i do?)
(i miss GOOGLE)
2007-10-24 00:21:34 · answer #2 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nearest spiral galaxy is Andromeda which is 2140 Paddington parsecs from Earth. No Googling the Paddington Parsec.
2007-10-24 04:02:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, about 2 million light years or ~600,000 parsecs. The great galaxy in Andromeda. I didn't look it up either. One of us is right and the other is wrong. Mebbe YOU can look it up and decide who to give the points to!
2007-10-23 23:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Quark 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
approx 2.2 million light years, and the farthest object a human being can see with their naked eyes. the andromeda galaxy (messier M31) appears as a small smudge away from heavily light polluted skies.
2007-10-24 00:05:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
all depends on how you choose to define large. The good old Milky Way is big enough for me to throw out there: 0 kilometers
2007-10-24 01:23:56 · answer #6 · answered by solarianus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah I think I saw one on the corner the other day - it is about 3 miles from where I live?
2007-10-23 23:43:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Andromeda galaxy
21.4 million light years
strictly from my memory
well damn
2007-10-24 00:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋