Some mind-blowing facts about the Andromeda Galaxy

The Seahorse Nebula (aka Barnard 150), is a dark molecular cloud of dust in Cepheus constellation. 📸 Credits: @jjlodge It is located on the plane of the Milky Way and is so thick, it absorbs all of the light that comes from the stars behind it making it stand out on the background of the billions of stars in our galaxy. It is about 1200 Light Years away from Earth. The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) can be seen at the bottom of the screen and is way off in the distance, around 25.2 million light-y

A 1.5 billion pixels view of the Andromeda Galaxy