PIX4608587: Galaxy NGC 17 in the Whale - Galaxy NGC 17 in Cetus - The galaxy NGC 17 is located about 250 million years away from Earth. Presented with a single nucleus, its shape indicates that it has finished absorbing another galaxy. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope on 4 July 2002. This galaxy features a single nucleus, a containing a blue central disk with delicate fine structure in the outer parts and tidal tails indicative of two former disk galaxies. At present these galaxies appear to have completed their merger. The remnant shows clear signs that the merger was gas - rich and accompanied by a starburst. NGC 17 is gas - rich and can sustain its strong central starburst and present mild central activity for some time to come. NGC 17 is located about 250 million light - years away in the constellation of Cetus, the Whale. Image taken by the Hubble space telescope on july 4, 2002 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4608699: Spiral galaxy M31 in Andromede - First color photo - The first color image of spiral galaxy M31 in Andromeda - The galaxy of Andromede is located about 2 million years ago - light from Earth. Two satellite galaxies accompany him: M32 (NGC 221) on the left, and M110 (NGC 205) on the bottom right. Like the lactee path, the Andromede galaxy belongs to the local group, making up about thirty galaxies. This photo is the first color photo of M31. It was obtained on 11 August 1958 at the Schmidt telescope of Mount Palomar. M31 (NGC 224) is the finest and nearest large spiral galaxy in the sky, about 2 million light years away. It has several close companions, the most obvious of which are the compact elliptical galaxy M32 (NGC 221) at lower left centre here, and M110 (NGC 205) at lower right. M 31 is a member of the Local Group of about 30 galaxies that includes the Milky Way and M31 as its most massive members as well as the two Magellanic Clouds. This particular picture is of interest because it was one of the first - ever astronomical colour images and certainly the first of M31. The 120 minute exposure was made in 1958 August 11 with the Palomar 48 - inch Schmidt Telescope (now the Oschin Schmidt) by Mt Wilson and Palomar Observatories' William C. Miller. Miller used the then revolutionary Super Ansco reversal film which had a nominal speed of 100ASA. The original came to D.Malin some years ago for re - mastering, and he has now digitally re - mastered the copy he made at that time. The quality of the picture as a large digital file is quite outstanding, and is as good as any more recent image, indicative of the fine optics of a large Schmidt telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4608836: Spiral galaxy M31 in Andromede compared to the Moon - The Andromeda galaxy and Moon - This image shows how the galaxy of Andromede is very extended in the sky; visible as a small blurred spot with the naked eye, its surface being shiny, it is difficult to imagine its size. By overlaying a more familiar object like the Moon and bringing it back to the same scale as the field of the M31 photo, the galaxy appears in its true dimensions. The Andromede galaxy is located about 2 million light years away from Earth. Two satellite galaxies accompany it: M32 (NGC 221) at the top center, and M110 (NGC 205) at the bottom. Like the lactee path, the Andromede galaxy belongs to the local group, making up about thirty galaxies. Composite image to show how large is the Andromeda galaxy in our sky / Bridgeman Images
PIX4608890: Spiral Galaxy M31 in Andromede - The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - The Andromede galaxy is located about 2.3 million years ago - light from Earth. Two satellite galaxies accompany it: M32 (NGC 221) on the left of the nucleus, and M110 (NGC 205) on the bottom. Like the lactee path, the Andromede galaxy belongs to the local group, making up about thirty galaxies. Andromeda is the nearest major galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy. M31 is about 2.3 million light years far from us in the constellation Andromeda. It is the biggest member in our Local Group. Its diameter is more than 150,000 light years, compared to the Milky Way's 100,000 light years. M31 has two satellite galaxies: M110 (NGC 205) the elliptic galaxy at bottom and M32 (NGC 221), the bright star - like object at left of the nucleus / Bridgeman Images
PIX4609518: Galaxy NGC 891 in Andromede - Edge - on spiral galaxy NGC 891 in Andromeda - Spiral galaxy seen by the slice located at a distance of 10 million years - light. Composite image (Subaru, HST and a 90 cm telescope). Located about 10 million light years from Earth, NGC 891 is one of the most photographed edge - on spiral galaxies in the northern skies. Composite Image made from Three Data Sources: 8.2 Meter Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Hubble Space Telescope, West Mountain Observatory, BYU / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600826: Meals in Zvezda 04/02 - The Expedition 4 and STS-110 crews share a meal in Zvezda, (from left to right): Carl E. Walz (Exp.4), Ellen Ochoa, Michael Bloomfield, Jerry Ross, Lee Morin, Steven Smith and Stephen Frick, (all STS - 110). ISS Expedition 4 STS - 110. 16/04/2002 / Bridgeman Images