Is there a real photo of Andromeda Galaxy?
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). Image released Jan. 5, 2015. The panoramic image shows striking details of the bright galaxy, which is located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth.
What is the biggest picture of space?
A new image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, clocks in at an absolutely gigantic 1.5 billion pixels, with NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) stating that more than 600 HD TVs would be required to display the whole image. It is the biggest image ever released by Hubble.
What does Andromeda look like through a telescope?
The Andromeda Galaxy looks great through smaller telescope of, say, 4 inches in diameter. The galaxy appears as a larger, elongated oval shape with a core that shows up as a slightly brighter area.
Is Andromeda bigger than Milky Way?
Most Messier objects are star clusters or gas clouds in our Milky Way galaxy. But the Andromeda galaxy is a whole separate galaxy, even bigger than our Milky Way. In a dark sky, you can see that it’s big on the sky as well, a smudge of distant light larger than a full moon. View at EarthSky Community Photos.
Can Hubble see Andromeda?
Located 2.5 million light years away, the Andromeda galaxy is our closest galactic neighbor. In a new study, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda’s halo — the envelope of gas that surrounds the galaxy — in unprecedented detail.
Can Milky Way galaxy be seen from Earth?
The Milky Way is visible from Earth as a hazy band of white light, some 30° wide, arching the night sky. In night sky observing, although all the individual naked-eye stars in the entire sky are part of the Milky Way Galaxy, the term “Milky Way” is limited to this band of light.
What is the nearest galaxy to Earth?
The closest known galaxy to us is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, at 236,000,000,000,000,000 km (25,000 light years) from the Sun. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy is the next closest , at 662,000,000,000,000,000 km (70,000 light years) from the Sun.