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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble settled astronomy's 'Great Debate'
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
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Panorama of Andromeda galaxy unveils hundreds of millions of stars
Compass and Scale Image of M31 PHAT+PHAST Mosaic The Andromeda galaxy, a spiral galaxy, spreads across the width. It is tilted nearly edge-on to our line of sight so that it appears as an extreme ...
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Explained: You’re Looking Back In Time When You Look At The Stars
Galaxy-light from the Andromeda galaxy (M31) has taken 2.5 million light-years ... Local Group as the Milky Way (the farthest object visible to the naked eye). Go farther out — using telescopes ...
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How You Can Look 2.5 Million Years Back In Time By Finding The Andromeda Galaxy With Your Naked Eyes
Have you ever seen a giant galaxy ... from light pollution will help enormously with getting naked eyes-on with this iconic object. However, any pair of binoculars will help you pick-out M31 ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
The Andromeda nebula, M31, was a prominent example. It’s visible to the naked eye ... shifted to longer or redder wavelengths. Light from the galaxy passes through a prism or reflects off ...
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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his colleagues on his behalf reported that the Andromeda nebula, also called M31, was nearly a million ...