Excerpt
It’s almost impossible to
overstate how amazing this image is. Andromeda is the nearest big galaxy to our own, our
sister galaxy in many ways; a spiral behemoth roughly the same size and mass as the Milky
Way.
Yesterday, I posted an amazing Hubble Space Telescope picture. I don’t think it’s too
soon to post another shot from Hubble … and I think you’ll agree when you see
it, especially after you get an understanding of what you’re seeing. First, the eye candy:
The magnificent Andromeda Galaxy, as seen by Hubble.