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Galaksi Andromeda

adalah salah satu galaksi terdekat Bimasakti, dan bisa dilihat dengan mata telanjang pada saat malam sedang cerah. Struktur galaksi ini mirip dengan galaksi Bima Sakti, yakni Spiral.

Galaksi ini tercatat sebagai "Awan Kecil" oleh seorang ahli astronomi asl Persia yang bernama Abd-al-Rahman Al-Sufi di tahun 900-an. Kemudian ahli astronomi asal Bavaria, yakni Simon Marius menemukan galaksi Andromeda ini, dan mencatat penemuannya pada tahun 1612. Tanpa mengetahui penemuan Al-Sufi dan Marius, para astronomi pada tahun-tahun berikutnya mengkonfirmasikan tentang keberadaan Andromeda.

Nama lain galaksi ini adalah Messier 31, M31 atau NGC 224. Jarak galaksi ini sekitar 2,5 juta tahun cahaya. Di langit letaknya adalah disebelah utara. Atau sekitar 41 derajat disebelah utara Khatulistiwa langit. Jika melihat dengan mata telanjang, galaksi ini tampak seperti kabut tipis kecil dilangit utara, tetapi jika menggunakan teropong akan tampak bintang-bintang redup di tepian galaksi Andromeda.

Galaksi Andromeda juga dikategorikan sebagai galaksi raksasa karena ukuran galaksi ini bisa sekitar 7 kali diameter sudut bulan, atau 200 ribu tahun cahaya atau 2 kali ukuran Bima Sakti. Galaksi Andromeda memiliki massa sekitar 300 sampai 400 billiun kali massa matahari. Galaksi ini juga diisi sekitar 1 triliun bintang, bergerak menuju Galaksi Bima Sakti dengan kecepatan 300 km/detik.

Anda bisa mengamati galaksi ini dari bulan September, okotober atau November.

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