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Tales of ... Galactic wreckage in Stephan's Quintet See image below

A clash among members of a famous galaxy quintet reveals an assortment of stars across a wide color range, from young, blue stars to aging, red stars.

This portrait of Stephan’s Quintet, also known as Hickson Compact Group 92, was taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Stephan’s Quintet, as the name implies, is a group of five galaxies. The name, however, is a bit of a misnomer. Studies have shown that group member NGC 7320, at upper left, is actually a foreground galaxy about seven times closer to Earth than the rest of the group. (Continued >>)

Portrait of Stephan's Quintet taken by the new Wide Field Camera 3, installed during Hubble's Servicing Mission 4. The galaxy at image's upper left is actually a foreground galaxy. Two galaxies in the center of the image are very close together.

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