Target:
Mission: Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spacecraft: GALEX Orbiter
Instrument: Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
Size: 9400 x 7000
ID#: PIA15416
Added: 2012-05-16

Andromeda

Hot stars burn brightly in this new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, showing the ultraviolet side of a familiar face. Approximately 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda galaxy, or M31, is our Milky Way's largest galactic neighbor.

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Target:
Mission: Herschel Space Observatory
Spacecraft:
Instrument: Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver
Size: 2711 x 2920
ID#: PIA16682
Added: 2013-01-28

Cool Andromeda

In this new view of the Andromeda, also known as M31, galaxy from the Herschel space observatory, cool lanes of forming stars are revealed in the finest detail yet. M31 is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way at a distance of 2.5 million light-ye

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Target:
Mission: Herschel Space Observatory
Spacecraft:
Instrument: Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver
Size: 2800 x 1575
ID#: PIA16681
Added: 2013-01-28

Andromeda's Colorful Rings

The ring-like swirls of dust filling the Andromeda galaxy stand out colorfully in this new image from the Herschel Space Observatory.

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Target:
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope
Spacecraft: Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: Multiband Imaging Photometer (MIPS)
Size: 8193 x 2410
ID#: PIA03031
Added: 2005-10-13

Amazing Andromeda in Red

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this stunning infrared view of the famous galaxy Messier 31, also known as Andromeda.

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