Star π1 Gruis: Wide-field View | ESO
This colorful image shows the sky around the bright pair of stars π1 Gruis (center-right, very red) and π2 Gruis (center-left, bluish-white). Just right of center the bright spiral galaxy IC 5201 is also visible and many other fainter galaxies are scattered across this wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Distance: about 530 light-years
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date: December 20, 2017
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