Hubble's Famous M31 VAR! plate - Carnegie Science
On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson …
The star that changed the cosmos: M31-V1 - Astronomy Magazine
Aug 9, 2022 · Edwin Hubble poses in front of a model of Mount Wilson’s 100-inch Hooker Telescope in this photograph shot circa 1948, years after his groundbreaking 1929 paper …
Hubble M31 PHAT+PHAST Mosaic | HubbleSite
Jan 16, 2025 · This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million …
Snapshots of the star that changed the Universe | ESA/Hubble
The pancake-shaped disk of stars, gas, and dust that make up the Andromeda galaxy, or M31, is shown in the image at left. Andromeda is a Milky Way neighbor and resides 2 million light …
Hubble Views the Star that Changed the Universe | HubbleSite
May 23, 2011 · Edwin Hubble's observations of V1 became the critical first step in uncovering a larger, grander universe. He went on to measure the distances to many galaxies beyond the …
Andromeda Galaxy: Facts about our closest galactic neighbor
Oct 26, 2023 · This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope aboard NASA's Swift spacecraft. It is the highest-resolution image of the galaxy …
NASA's Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy
Jan 16, 2025 · Hubble M31 PHAT+PHAST Mosaic. ... Edwin Hubble first established that this so-called "spiral nebula" was actually very far outside our own Milky Way galaxy —at a distance …
The Cepheid Variable M31_V1: Hubble's First Cepheid | aavso
At the 100th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO, cohosted by the American Astronomical Society in Boston, the Hubble Heritage team finally released their work on Edwin Hubble's first Cepheid …
Secrets of Andromeda Revealed in Hubble’s Epic 2.5
1 day ago · Hubble’s high-resolution imaging had to meticulously cover this vast celestial landscape. The result is a breathtaking mosaic that reveals the glow of 200 million stars — just …
Why The Andromeda Galaxy Is 100 Years Old Today—And How To …
Nov 23, 2024 · Andromeda, also called M31, is the closest giant neighboring galaxy at just 2.5 million light years away and home to at least a trillion stars. It wasn't always that way. On …