Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)  ·  Contains:  NGC 206
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Bright blue star clouds in the Andromeda galaxy – NGC 206 with visible individual stars, Miran Brezočnik
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Bright blue star clouds in the Andromeda galaxy – NGC 206 with visible individual stars

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Bright blue star clouds in the Andromeda galaxy – NGC 206 with visible individual stars, Miran Brezočnik
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Bright blue star clouds in the Andromeda galaxy – NGC 206 with visible individual stars

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I took an image of star clouds in the nearby Andromeda galaxy using the ASKAR FRA400 refracting telescope with a lens diameter of 72 mm (2.8 inches) at f/5.6. Even though these stars are about 2.5 million light-years away, they shine so brightly that we can see some of them as separate stars. The blue hue emitted by these stars shows they're young and hot. The largest bunch of these stars makes up the Great Star Cloud in Andromeda Galaxy (NGC 206), which we can see right in the middle of the image.

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Bright blue star clouds in the Andromeda galaxy – NGC 206 with visible individual stars, Miran Brezočnik

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