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> Stephan's Quintet group of galaxies

Stephan's Quintet group of galaxies

author: R.Gendler/Nasa/NAOJ/Novapix

reference: a-amg02-00108

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 22 cm

This group of galaxies is located about 260 millions light-years away in Pegasus constellation. They are gravitationally interacting with the exception of the interloper NGC 7320 (bottom center) which is a foreground galaxy. Composite Image from Multiple Data Sources.

Keywords for this photo:

2013 - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - GALAXY - GROUP - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - INTERACTING - NGC 7318 - NGC 7319 - NGC 7320 - PEGASUS - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - STAR FORMATION - STEPHAN'S QUINTET - SUBARU -