Annotated section of Hubble image of the Andromeda Galaxy
This detailed image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a section of the Andromeda Galaxy, Messier 31, and marks a few of the many features that are revealed within it. Several object types are labelled, including dust lanes, stellar clusters, Milky Way stars, and star-forming regions.
Credit
Image Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble, and Z. Levay (STScI/AURA)
PHAT Brick Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble, J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA) and the PHAT team
Last Update: 1 September 2019