M31 in UV by NASA's Swift

[deanm]

It's not Earth-bound, but it is relevant:


http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/sh...-high-res.html

Dean

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

This is a very interesting image, noticed a better rep of the image on APOD - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101027.html

So much detail, wondering what it would be like to capture this from earth or would it be soaked up by the atmosphere.