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Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - HST WFPC2


Date: 20 September 2005
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: M 31, NGC 224
Copyright: NASA, ESA and T. Lauer (NOAO/AURA/NSF)

A Hubble WFPC2 image of the core of M31. Astronomers believe the two bright objects are a ring of red stars and a disk of blue stars.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
16-Apr-2026 06:19 UT

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