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Credit & Copyright: Massimo Tamajo
Explanation:
A
drop of water
seems to hold an entire galaxy in this
creative macro-astrophotograph.
In the imaginative work of cosmic nature photography
a close-up lens was used to image
a previously made picture of a galaxy,
viewed through a water drop suspended from a stem.
A favorite of many telescope-wielding astroimagers,
the galaxy is the
Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31.
About 100,000 light-years across that majestic galaxy's
spiral
arms and dust lanes
are curved and distorted
in the image contained in the centimeter-sized droplet.
Andromeda is some 2.5 million light-years distant,
but this project was still
carried out while
spending time indoors.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: M 31
Publications with words: M 31
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