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Summary

Description

This image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a double-nucleus at the core of the Andromeda galaxy. The dual core may be the result of a "cannibalization" of another galaxy by Andromeda. The two peaks of illumination are separated by 5 light years, and the entire image shows an area 40 light years in width. The actual centre of the Andromeda galaxy lies at the fainter of the two glows.

Source

Hubble site news desk

Date

May 7, 2006

Author

Tod R. Lauer, NASA

Permission
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Licensing

Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was created by the European Space Agency and NASA. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that ESA and NASA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre and for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555. or .

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current 16:58, 7 May 2006 288×232 (9 KB) RJHall (Core of Andromeda galaxy. )
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