Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm CSA Image Processing: M

CSA Image Processing: M

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a collaborative masterpiece between NASA’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope

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The edges of the cavities at upper left and lower right appear straight

Andromeda Galaxy in natural colours Size:100x140 cm CSA Image Processing: MThe Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2. 5 million light years from Earth in the Andromeda constellation. Also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, it is often referred to as the Great Andromeda Nebula in older texts. The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, but not the closest galaxy overall. The Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the