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At the upper right, an image shows thousands of distant stars crowding the view against black space. Tendrils of red nebulosity bloom across the image. This image is connected with white lines to a lower-left view of the Andromeda galaxy, where it reaches to one of its upper spiral arms. Andromeda has a glowing, yellow core with spiral arms interlaced with dark dust and purplish star formation. White text at the top reads “M31”.

Andromeda_Field2_inset

This inset image shows the location of Hubble's view within the Andromeda galaxy.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Boyer (Space Telescope Science Institute), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block; Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, M. Boyer (Space Telescope Science Institute), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), and KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block; Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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