Focusing on the stars in the halo of the Andromeda Galaxy

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This video enlarges the area where Hubble observations were made in the massive star stream of the Andromeda Galaxy. A region that in the wide-field view appears to be nearly vacant is actually filled with numerous stars.
A galaxy's disc is encircled by a comparatively sparse sphere of stars and dark matter known as the halo.

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