Sharpest ever view of the Andromeda Galaxy

in #life7 years ago (edited)

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
Super-high resolution image of Andromeda from Hubble (NASA/ESA)
It has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image.
Approximately 2.537 million light years / 780 kiloparsecs away from Earth, Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It is thought to contain about 400 billion stars.
Also called M31, is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye on dark, moonless nights. The Andromeda Galaxy is the only other (besides the Milky Way) spiral galaxy we can see with the naked eye.

The laws of probability combined with the laws of physics ensure that one of the stars in the Universe is definitely orbited by a planet where Bitcoin (BTC) is already over 1 million USD. 100%, no joke. Unless this reality we perceive is a simulation. Which is again >99.9% chance. Our pure existence is just weird from any angle.

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It's scary to think how small we are :). Thanks for sharing

very Good