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Stephan's Quintet

Image of the day 08/01/2023

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Stephan's Quintet

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The Stephen's Quintet is made up of five visually close galaxies. The four galaxies above and to the lower right in the photo are physical galaxy groups, with a distance of about 320~330 million light-years. The largest and brightest blue galaxy below is the closely viewed foreground galaxy, about 47 million light-years away.

Rev. B is a comparison with the work taken by JWST NIR+MIRI.

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    Stephan's Quintet, Johnny Qiu
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    B

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Title: Comparison with the Work Taken by JWST NIR+MIRI

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Stephan's Quintet, Johnny Qiu