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The Galactic Group Stephan's Quintet: Zooming Out | Hubble

The Galactic Group Stephan's Quintet: Zooming Out | Hubble

In this zoom sequence Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 focuses its attention on a group of five galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet. Three of the galaxies are interacting, while one of the galaxies actually lies about seven times closer to Earth than the rest of the group. The wide range of colors in the image depicts the varying ages of the stars.

Distance: 300 million light years

The video also highlights the imaging capability of the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) compared to the retired Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.


Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble, NASA and the SM4 ERO Team

Duration: 21 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 17, 2016


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