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The Great Andromeda Galaxy  (M31) and our nearest galactic neighbour is visible to the naked eye despite being some two and a half billion light years away.  Imaging brings out the

                best in this  object with many dust lanes and satellite clusters present.  M33 or the Triangulum Galaxy (opposite) is also one of our neighbourhood group of galaxies and offers a more
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