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Stephan’s Quintet: A Multi-wavelength Exploration
This visualization explores the galaxy group Stephan's Quintet by using observations in visible, infrared, and X-ray light. The sequence contrasts images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Webb Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory to provide insights across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Exploring the grouping in three dimensions, the video showcases the galaxy distances, diverse shapes, and the interactions between them. In particular, the stretched and distorted galactic features, along with a ridge of high-energy emission, provide evidence of a high-speed collision occurring within the group.
Multi-wavelength views enable contrasting and complimentary studies of this complex compact group.
- Release DateJune 20, 2023
- CreditProducer: NASA's Universe of Learning; Visualization: Frank Summers (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Gregory Bacon (STScI); Narration: Frank Summers (STScI); Audio: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI); Music: Chris Zabriskie; Audio Description: Ann Jenkins (STScI)
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Laura Betz
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
laura.e.betz@nasa.gov
NASA’s Universe of Learning
Frank Summers (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Leah Hustak (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI), Gregory Bacon (STScI)
Frank Summers (STScI)
Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI)
Chris Zabriskie
Ann Jenkins (STScI)
