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phasepistol t1_iwzedp1 wrote

Reply to comment by douglesman in Andromeda Contains the Remnants of a Recent "Feeding Event" by The_Weekend_Baker

It was long thought that Andromeda was bigger than the milky way. Recently, it has been found that both galaxies are about the same size. But knowing anything for sure is difficult.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy?wprov=sfti1

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King_Pecca t1_iwzfmmf wrote

Impressive thought that Andromeda habitats thus see our galaxy about the same size.

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ExtrapolatedData t1_iwzxar2 wrote

Looks to me from your link that Andromeda is estimated to be about twice as large in diameter and with 2.5-10 times as many stars as the Milky Way.

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