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Stephan's Quintet

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Title: Stephan’s Quintet

This close-up view of Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies, reveals a string of bright star clusters that sparkles like a diamond necklace. The clusters, each harboring up to millions of stars, were born from the violent interactions between some members of the group. The rude encounters also have distorted the galaxies’ shapes, creating elongated spiral arms and long, gaseous streamers.

Credits: NASA, Jayanne English (University of Manitoba), Sally Hunsberger (Pennsylvania State University), Zolt Levay (Space Telescope Science Institute), Sarah Gallagher (Pennsylvania State University), and Jane Charlton (Pennsylvania State University)

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 April, 2003.