Posted on 07/05/2016 10:16:32 PM PDT by LibWhacker
This image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy -- otherwise known as M31.
This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image.
It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy's pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
This image is too large to be easily displayed at full resolution and is best appreciated using the zoom tool.
True. Hopefully the wait won’t be long.................
I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM HERE
#2 Yes I saw it where no man has gone before.
Too many clouds in Andromeda obscuring the stars.
They should wait for a clear night to take a photo..............
#10 They are called spy satellites. Same size mirror but longer focal length for zoom in more.
Enterprise is interstellar not intergalactic.
Lexa Doig was drop-dead gorgeous as the ship's avatar.
Hummina hummina hummina!
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