Andromeda Star Field (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Andromeda Star Field

Caption

This Hubble image of a crowded star field in the disk of the Andromeda galaxy shows that stars of different ages can be distinguished from one another on basis of temperature (as indicated by color) and brightness.

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Ben Williams, PHAT collaboration

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