Orientation of M31 and M33

Since M31/M110 (Andromeda galaxy) and M33 (Triangulum Galaxy) are in game, I’m wondering if there isn’t a mistake.
Today I went to Sol to check it out with real pictures, which support my suspicion I think.

My question is the following one: I think Frontier has put the mirror images of those galaxies in the game.
This is a possible common mistake, as pictures from telescopes are often flipped (left/right or up/down) or mirrored, depending on the type of telescope.

I send two pictures hereby.
The first one is from the deep sky survey, the second one is an in-game picture.


  1. In the DSS picture you see clearly that M31 is perpendicular to the line of 3 bright stars leading from M33 to M31. Ingame it is flipped.
  2. In DSS you see that the spiral arms of M33 go out counterclockwise. Ingame the go out clockwise.

View attachment M31ED.pdfView attachment M31DSS.pdf
 
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