Zoom Into Andromeda Galaxy [1080p] HD

This video shows the location of the Andromeda Galaxy (also known as Messier 31, or M 31) in the sky. M 31 is the closest spiral galaxy to Earth. The video begins with a photograph of the Milky Way, and ends on an image of M 31 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. credit: S. Brunier, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin) source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1112b/