After 10 years and 1,000 orbits, Hubble's mosaic reveals 200 million stars in Andromeda
The result is an impressive panorama, revealing approximately 200 million stars and extending six times the apparent diameter of the full Moon in the night sky.
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Velocity Map of Andromeda Stars (IMAGE)
Dots show locations of stars in the spectroscopic survey superimposed on an image of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). Dots are color coded according to their velocity relative to the Milky Way ...
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It took a decade for NASA to piece together this 416,592,960 pixel image of the Andromeda galaxy and the key takeaway? 'Andromeda's a train wreck'
(Image credit: NASA Goddard) So, Andromeda appears to be frozen in time in a relatively "unfinished" state. Regardless, it's still a stunning view to someone not as familiar with the ways a galaxy ...
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Hubble Telescope images combined into giant mosaic of neighboring Andromeda Galaxy
In addition, this representative map of the line-of-sight velocities allowed the team to "turn the clock back," Filho explained. “It helps us understand the prior history of Andromeda—if it had any ...
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'Herculean' 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows our closest galactic neighbor like never before — and took more than a decade to create
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with more than 200 million individually resolved stars. When you purchase ...
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When Will The Milky Way Smash Into The Andromeda Galaxy? It May Already Be Underway, Say Scientists
neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as it will unfold over the next several billion years. According to a new study, our Milky Way galaxy may have already begun colliding with the closest giant galaxy ...
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'Enticing empire of stars:' See Andromeda galaxy in newly released NASA images
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...
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The Andromeda Galaxy
Using variable stars as distance markers and the giant telescope on Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble (then a young and little-known astronomer) was able to show that the Andromeda Nebula was over a ...
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Scientists capture absolutely stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy
A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...
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Panorama of Andromeda galaxy unveils hundreds of millions of stars
But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way—the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...
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NASA's Hubble traces hidden history of Andromeda galaxy
But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way -- the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a very clear ...