Zooming in on stars in the Andromeda Galaxy’s halo (2)

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This video zooms in on the location of Hubble observations in the Andromeda Galaxy’s giant stellar stream. An area which appears virtually empty in the wide-field view is revealed as being packed with many stars

The halo is a relatively sparse sphere of stars and dark matter which surrounds a galaxy’s disc.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and T.M. Brown (STScI)

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Release date:21 July 2011, 10:00
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Duration:23s

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