Stephan's quintet
Studying the star clusters and dwarf galaxies in Stephan's Quintet provides insights into how galactic encounters may have driven galaxy evolution in the early universe. The quintet resides 270 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus.
Credit:NASA & ESA
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Stephan's Quintet |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 300 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
