Stephan's Quintet

GALAXY GROUP · the crowded dance

DISTANCE about 290 million light yearsMEMBERS five, four truly together

Five galaxies packed into one small patch of sky, four of them locked in a slow gravitational brawl that bends arms, strips stars and fires shockwaves through the gas between them. The fifth is a photobomber, far in the foreground. James Webb chose this dramatic group as one of its very first showpiece images.

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Starlink Constellation Starship Capricornus, the Sea Goat Shooting Stars Taurus, the Bull Taurus, zodiac sign All objects in the library