Zooming in on stars in the Andromeda Galaxy’s disc
This video zooms in on the location of Hubble observations on the edge of the Andromeda Galaxy’s disc. An area which appears virtually empty in the wide-field view is revealed as being packed with huge numbers of stars.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and T.M. Brown (STScI)
About the Video
| Id: | heic1112d |
| Release date: | 21 July 2011, 10:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1112 |
| Duration: | 29 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Halo |
| Category: | Galaxies HD |
