Andromeda Galaxy (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Andromeda Galaxy

Caption

This is the Andromeda galaxy, as seen with the new PTF camera on the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. This image covers 3 square degrees of sky, more than 15 times the size of the full moon.

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Nugent & Poznanski (LBNL), PTF collaboration

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