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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ESA,
Hubble
Mission,
B. F. Williams (Univ Washington), Z. Chen (Univ Washington), L. C. Johnson (Northwestern),
Processing; Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Explanation:
The largest photomosaic
ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope
image data is a panoramic view of our neighboring spiral
Andromeda Galaxy.
With 600 overlapping frames assembled from observations made
from July 2010 to December 2022, the full
Hubble
Andromeda Galaxy mosaic
spans almost six full moons across
planet Earth's sky.
A cropped version shown above is
nearly two full moons across and partially covers Andromeda's core
and inner spiral arms.
Also known as M31, the
Andromeda Galaxy is
2.5 million light-years away.
That makes it the closest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way.
Our perspective on the spiral Milky Way is
anchored to the view from the
location of the
Sun,
a star found within the Milky Way's galactic disk.
But Hubble's magnificent Andromeda mosaic offers an expansive
view of a large spiral galaxy from the outside looking in.
Hubble's comprehensive,
detailed
data set
extending
across
the Andromeda Galaxy
will allow astronomers to make an
unprecedented holistic exploration of the
mysteries of spiral galaxy structure and evolution.
B. F. Williams (Univ Washington), Z. Chen (Univ Washington), L. C. Johnson (Northwestern),
Processing; Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
Publications with words: M 31 - Andromeda galaxy
See also:
- NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
- APOD: 2024 September 8 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 November 13 Á Andromeda over the Alps
- The Once and Future Stars of Andromeda
- APOD: 2023 August 23 Á The Meteor and the Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 March 22 Á M31: The Andromeda Galaxy
- APOD: 2023 January 17 Á Unexpected Clouds Toward the Andromeda Galaxy