"O, learn'd indeed were that astronomer
That knew the stars as I his characters;"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Cymbeline
Approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years) from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, this is the Andromeda Galaxy (aka M 31 / NGC 224) with its "companion" galaxies M 32 and M 110.
Imaged from Fife, #Scotland using a Zwo SeeStar S30 smart telescope, during the night of 16th - 17th August 2025.