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Summary
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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. |
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Hubble site news desk |
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May 7, 2006 |
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Tod R. Lauer, NASA |
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Per NASA copyright policy. |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that NASA and ESA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555 and for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. or . |
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The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed):
- Andromeda Galaxy
- Portal:Astronomy/Picture/Week 8 2007
