NASA Releases New Andromeda Appearance
NASA scientists recently released the appearance of nearby galaxies with a galaxy where humans live, the Milky Way. Andromeda or Messier 31, the name of the galaxy.
NASA scientists recently released the appearance of nearby galaxies with a galaxy where humans live, the Milky Way. Andromeda or Messier 31, the name of the galaxy.
The picture was similar recording stars labyrinth, including billions of stars and planets in it. The dominance of blue and gold adorn the Andromeda.
Page Daily Mail reported this Andromeda image is one of the thousands of photos shot super cangih NASA telescope. There are at least 2.5 million images of space including 33 thousand asteroids between Mars and Jupiter which successfully dijepret NASA.
"These data prove we have many neighbors," said Pete Schultz, an expert of the universe from Brown University, Tuesday, April 18.
Since 2009, NASA launched the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer). Telescope infrared radiation is made for 200 million euros, equivalent to Rp 2.5 trillion. WISE is capable of capturing space objects as far as 2.5 million light years.
Simple record Andromeda has a structure similar to the Milky Way, which is a spiral-shaped. The distance is about 2.5 million light years.
This galaxy contains about 1 trillion stars and move closer to the Milky Way with speeds around 300 km / sec.
You can see these galaxies visible in September, October, November. Located in the northern hemisphere skies, about 41 degrees to the north of the equator.
Other photos:
Warped Andromeda
At the Heart of Stellar Chaos
The Dirt on Andromeda
Visitor from Deep Space
Ablaze with Infrared Light
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