NASA Unveils Largest Andromeda Galaxy in Space

WASHINGTON – National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) just shared a photo of the Andromeda galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. This is the largest photo of the Andromeda galaxy in history.

Even because of its size, from this photo shared by NASA can be observed more than 100 million stars, some of which are contained in hundreds of star clusters. It’s like taking a photo of the beach and being able to see every grain of sand.

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As reported by The Explorist, Thursday (4/8/2022), this photo of the Andromeda galaxy has been released by NASA in Seattle, Washington. The release was made at the 225th meeting of the Astronomical Society which was held recently.

To note, the Andromeda galaxy itself is known as Messier 31 or M31. This galaxy is about 2.5 million light years from Earth and is the closest large galaxy to our galaxy, the Milky Way.

The Andromeda Galaxy is already the main target to be photographed by the Hubble telescope. This powerful tool follows closely clustered stars that extend from the galaxy’s deepest center, which can be seen on the left of the photo.

The image sweeps from the bulge of the galaxy’s core through the path of the star and dust to the thinner outer disk as it moves away from it. Large clusters of light blue stars indicate the location of star clusters and areas of star formation.

The blue ring-like shape on the right side of the image is where the stars gather. Dark silhouette tracing a complex dust structure. There is also a uniform red star. Where the temperature is very cold which is about billions of years old.

Panoramic images of the Andromeda galaxy were obtained from viewing the galaxy in near-ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths using the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 aboard Hubble.

This cropped view shows a galaxy spanning 48,000 light years in natural visible light color, as photographed with Advanced Camera for Surveys Hubble in the red and blue filters.

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