Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Southwest Andromeda
Explanation:
This new image composite [ http://www.subaru.n…] of the southwest region of M31 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] from the Subaru Telescope [ http://www.subaru.n…] shows many stars, nebulae, and star clusters never before resolved. An older population of stars near Andromeda's center [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] causes the yellow hue visible on the upper right. Young blue stars stand out in the spiral arms [ http://fuse.pha.jhu…] on the lower left. Red emission nebula [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], blue open clusters [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of stars, and sweeping lanes of dark dust [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] punctuate the swirling giant. Andromeda [ http://www.seds.org…], at about 2.5 million light years [ http://chandra.harv…] distant, and our Milky Way [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are the largest galaxies [ http://www.seds.org…] in the Local Group of Galaxies [ http://www.seds.org…]. Understanding M31 [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] helps astronomers to understand our own Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], since the two are so similar.
Credit and Copyright:
//www.subaru.naoj.or g/Information/Image/ index.html" >Copyright: Satoshi Miyazaki (NAOJ [ http://www.nao.ac.j…]) et al., Suprime-Cam [ http://SubaruTelesc…], Subaru Telescope [ http://SubaruTelesc…], NOAJ [ http://www.nao.ac.j…]
keyword:
andromeda
keyword:
M31
keyword:
subaru
facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where:
M31
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Andromeda
facet_what:
FUSE
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap010917

Southwest Andromeda
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