Astronomy Picture of the Day · December 13, 2014

The Infrared Visible Andromeda

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 13, 2014 is “The Infrared Visible Andromeda,” an image. The picture is copyrighted by its creator (Image Credit: Subaru Telescope ( NAOJ ), Hubble Space Telescope Mayall 4M Telescope ( KPNO, NOAO ), Digitized Sky Survey , Spitzer Space Telescope Processing & Copyright: Robert Gendler). The original explanation runs about 158 words.

From the explanation

“This remarkable synthetic color composite image was assembled from archives of visible light and infrared astronomy image data. 5 million light-years away.”

— APOD editors, December 13, 2014

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date: December 13, 2014
Type: Image
Credit: Credit: Image Credit: Subaru Telescope ( NAOJ ), Hubble Space Telescope Mayall 4M Telescope ( KPNO, NOAO ), Digitized Sky Survey , Spitzer Space Telescope Processing & Copyright: Robert Gendler
Copyright: Copyrighted by the credited creator. Ask the copyright holder before reusing it.
Explanation length: About 158 words

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Source

Astronomy Picture of the Day, December 13, 2014 — science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2014-december-13-the-infrared-visible-andromeda

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