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September 20, 2005 01:00 PM (EDT)
News Release Number: STScI-2005-26
Hubble Finds Mysterious Disk of Blue Stars Around Black Hole
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Image: M31's Intriguing Nucleus
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Hubble telescope observations have yielded insights into the Andromeda Galaxy's (M31's) complex nucleus. New images from Hubble uncovered a disk of young, hot, blue stars swirling around a supermassive black hole. The disk is nested inside an elliptical ring of older, cooler, red stars, seen in previous Hubble observations. The inset images show M31's bright core and a view of the entire galaxy.
Object Names: M31, Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 224
Image Type: Illustration
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
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