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Date: 04 January 2011 Satellite: Herschel and XMM-Newton Depicts: M31 - Andromeda Galaxy Copyright: ESA/Herschel/PACS/SPIRE/J.Fritz, U.Gent/XMM-Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE/R. Gendler Show in archive: true
Three images from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum were used to form this composite image of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.