Compact Group · Interacting

Stephan's Quintet

A famous group of five galaxies — four of which are engaged in a slow violent merger, while one (NGC 7320) is actually a foreground galaxy seven times closer. The interacting four are creating spectacular shock waves, detected by the James

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