{"id":35537,"date":"2023-01-03T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/?p=34494"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:03:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:33:28","slug":"the-largest-image-on-the-andromeda-galaxy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/the-largest-image-on-the-andromeda-galaxy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Largest Image of the Andromeda Galaxy Ever Taken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Ever spent the night under a sky full of stars? Clear and open above you is space, nothing to cloud your vision and keep you from distinguishing between stars and constellations. If you\u2019ve been lucky enough to experience this, we do hope you have seen the Andromeda galaxy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Andromeda galaxy was named after the Ethiopian princess Andromeda, whom the Greek hero Perseus saved from a great sea monster. Perseus and Andromeda form what is probably one of the rarest love stories in the Greek mythology to have a happy ending. Just like their story, the Andromeda galaxy shines bright on a clear night sky, giving you a moment of peace and fulfillment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article, we shine a spotlight on the largest picture of the Andromeda galaxy ever captured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Andromeda galaxy is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way. For a long time, astronomers thought of the Andromeda galaxy to be a part of the Milky Way as a nebula. In the 1920s, the astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble determined successfully that Andromeda was indeed a large galaxy with a diameter of about 200,000 light years. This galaxy finds its mention in texts as early as 965 CE from Islamic astronomer Al-Sufi. When you go for a camping trip or sit down on your countryside terrace on a clear night, you can easily starhop from the Cassiopeia constellation to find the Andromeda galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many photographers have used similar ways to capture the Andromeda galaxy through their lenses. However, recently, a photographer broke Reddit by claiming to have captured the largest picture ever of the Andromeda galaxy. He claims that it is significant to the level of what telescopes like the Hubble space telescope, James Webb space telescope and many more have captured. Let\u2019s talk about this single click and understand how it has become so important over the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n