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.

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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

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Name:Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31
Type:• Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
• Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Halo
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