Zooming in on stars in the Andromeda Galaxy’s disc
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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: | 23s |
About the Object
| Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Halo • Galaxies Images/Videos • HD Videos |