Observations show Andromeda has a more active star formation history than the Milky Way, potentially due to a past galactic collision. NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy ...

of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of detailed images of ...

NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy, an "enticing empire of stars" that can be seen with the naked eye if weather conditions are just right. About 100 years after astronomer ...

Despite its nearness, photographing the entire Andromeda Galaxy is no easy task. Scientists have just finished a decade-long project to image Andromeda in unprecedented detail. The final image ...

As GuhaThakurta explained, Hubble’s images captured the number and variety of stars that make up Andromeda's disk, whereas the Keck DEIMOS spectra allowed his team to measure how fast each star is ...

NASA recently released images of the Andromeda galaxy, an "enticing empire of stars" that can be seen with the naked eye if weather conditions are just right. About 100 years after astronomer Edwin ...

Below is a panoramic photo of the Andromeda Galaxy released by NASA. However, the resolution of the original image is very large, at 42208 x 9870 pixels (748.98 MB). The first panoramic ...

Compass and Scale Image of M31 PHAT+PHAST Mosaic The Andromeda galaxy, a spiral galaxy, spreads across the width. It is tilted nearly edge-on to our line of sight so that it appears as an extreme ...

while the following Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Southern Treasury imaged the southern half. The final image displays the galaxy tilted at a 77-degree angle relative to how we see it from Earth.

This panorama started with the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) program about a decade ago. Images were obtained at near-ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths using the ...

and TTartisan says there's no sign of vignetting on cameras that use a full-frame or smaller sensor, such as the APS-C format. On medium format cameras, there's a darkening of the image towards ...