New, nifty pictures have been released by astro-boffins which reveal further glories of "the elegant spiral galaxy Andromeda, named after the mythical Greek princess known for her beauty".

Without further ado:

That's a proper long-distance princess snap

A bit blurry maybe, but this kind of pic often is

We're indebted for the heads-up on these pics to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose boffins offer full technical explanation on the snappery and links to fullsize jpegs and even tiffs, god help us, here. ®

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