Postcards from Andromeda
Glittering stars. Distorted galaxies. A cluster of more than 100, 000 stars. The celestial objects in this six-panel photograph are just a sampling of the more than 300, 000 stars and the thousands of distant galaxies seen in the image of a small region of the Andromeda galaxy's halo, a spherical cloud of stars around the galaxy. The image was taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31, NGC 224 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Halo |
| Distance: | 2 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (V+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |