GALEX Image
NASA's Galaxy Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
In these side-by-side images of M33, the ultraviolet image on the left was taken by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, while the ultraviolet and infrared image on the right is a blend of the mission's M33 image and another taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. M33, one of our closest galactic neighbors, is about 2.9 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum, part of what's known as our Local Group of galaxies.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Release Date
April 28, 2009
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