Andromeda Galaxy Andromeda Galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy (), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Its name stems from the area of the sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. The 2006 observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope revealed that the Andromeda Galaxy contains approximately one trillion stars, more than twice the number of the Milky Way's estimated 200 to 400 billion stars. The Andromeda Galaxy's mass is estimated to be around 1.76 times that of the
Visitors from the Galaxy Mumu breathes fire at guests in the house, killing several. In the end, Robert leaves Earth with the aliens. The film was nominated for the Best Film award and received the Best Screenplay award at the 1984 Fantasporto festival in Portugal. Visitors from the Galaxy Visitors from the Galaxy (, ) is a 1981 Yugoslav-Czechoslovak film directed by Dušan Vukotić. Robert is a hotel doorman who is obsessed with science fiction. He plans to write an SF novel about three alien androids—Andra and children Targo and Ulu—who land on Earth coming from an advanced civilisation from the galaxy of Arkana.