esahubble_opo1203d January 11th, 2012
Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. Williams and J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, Seattle)
This detailed image reveals a rich population of blue stars huddled around the core. Dark dust clouds also are visible. The image is 740 light-years wide. The image is part of a census of stars in M31 called the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury survey.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1203d/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
Providers | Sign In