PIA07905: Interacting Group of Galaxies Known as Stephan's Quintet
This ultraviolet image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is of the interacting group of galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319, NGC 7320, lower left).
 Target Name:  Stephan's Quintet,NGC 7331
 Mission:  Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) 
 Spacecraft:  GALEX Orbiter
 Instrument:  GALEX Telescope 
 Product Size:  1692 x 1020 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  California Institute of Technology 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07905.tif (5.186 MB)
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Original Caption Released with Image:

Ultraviolet image of the interacting group of galaxies known as Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317, NGC 7318A, NGC 7318B, NGC 7319, NGC 7320, lower left). Of the five galaxies in this tightly packed group, NGC 7320 (the large spiral in the group) is probably a foreground galaxy and not associated with the other four. The spiral galaxy in the upper right is NGC 7331.

For related images, see also PIA04201, PIA04925, and PIA06322.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-05