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Andromeda Galaxy in X-rays


Date: 04 January 2011
Satellite: XMM-Newton
Depicts: M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Copyright: ESA/XMM-Newton/EPIC/W. Pietsch, MPE

This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, also known as M31, the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way, as observed by ESA's X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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