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Hubble M31 PHAT Mosaic

The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird's-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic next-door neighbor. Though the galaxy is over 2 million light-years away, the...

Hubble M31 PHAT Mosaic (Uncropped)

The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird's-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic next-door neighbor. Though the galaxy is over 2 million light-years away, the...

Annotated Close-up of Andromeda

In this detailed image of the Hubble Space Telescope M31 PHAT mosaic image, several object types are labeled, including dust lanes, stellar clusters, Milky Way stars, and star-forming regions. This image is a small section of the full mosaic that includes near-ultraviolet,...

Hubble M31 PHAT Mosaic in Ground-based Image of M31

The Hubble Space Telescope M31 PHAT mosaic image is shown in context with a ground-based image of galaxy M31. The background image, taken by Robert Gendler, was made by compositing M31 data from a 12.5-inch Ritchey-Chretien telescope with M31 data from the Digitized Sky Survey.

Compass and Scale Image of PHAT Mosaic

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