Via Flickr:
Stephan's Quintet is a compact group of interacting galaxies in the constellation Pegasus. I've always had a thing for interacting galaxies (in fact, that's part of the reason I started in astronomy, in high school I was extremely fascinated by the structure that emerged from seemingly chaotic masses of stars). I observed this group for the first time last week from my favorite dark sky observing site. It was pretty surreal seeing their ghostly light a midst the stars of our own Milky Way.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Stephan's Quintet
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