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Keywords: ultraviolet, Andromeda galaxy
![Инфракрасная Андромеда](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/06/09/0001214426/m31-irac_cx38.preview.jpg)
9.06.2006
This wide, detailed Spitzer Space Telescope view features infrared light from dust (red) and old stars (blue) in Andromeda, a massive spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In fact, with over twice the diameter of our own Milky Way, Andromeda is the largest nearby galaxy.
![Праздник летнего солнцестояния](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/06/22/0001198500/sun3col_thompsoneit.preview.jpg)
20.06.2004
Season's greetings! Today or tomorrow, depending on your time zone, the Sun reaches its northernmost point in planet Earth's sky marking a season change and the first solstice of the year 2004. In celebration, consider this delightfully detailed, brightly colored image of the active Sun.
![Тройной Сатурн](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/09/18/0001192994/saturn3_hst_c1.preview.jpg)
18.09.2003
These three views of Saturn were recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope on March 7th of this year, as the southern hemisphere of the solar system's most gorgeous planet reached its maximum 27 degree tilt toward Earth.
![Международный телескоп для наблюдений в ультрафиолетовых лучах](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/21/0001179026/iue_logo.preview.gif)
29.09.1995
The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was launched by a NASA Delta rocket in 1978 to provide a space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. A collaborative project among NASA, ESA and the British SRC (now PPARC) agencies, IUE's estimated lifetime was 3 to 5 years.
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