NGC 7320 Stephan’s Quintet

Stephan’s Quintet as imaged by the Gemini Observatory using the Multi-Object Spectrograph on Gemini North. The interacting members of the cluster are almost 300 million light years away. The galaxy NGC7320 (top-center) is thought by most astronomers to be in the foreground (about 8-times closer) and is distinguished in this image by multiple red blobs indicating hydrogen clouds where stars are forming.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage)

About the Image

Id:noao-hgc92
Type:Observation
Release date:June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m.
Size:2007 x 1680 px

About the Object

Name:NGC 7320, Stephan’s Quintet
Constellation:Pegasus
Category:Galaxies

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Coordinates

ObjectValue
Position (RA):22 36 0.89
Position (Dec):33° 57' 38.21"
Field of view:4.87 x 4.08 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 179.9° right of vertical


Colors & filters

BandWave-lengthTele-scope
Optical
g
475 nmGemini North
GMOS-N
Optical
r
630 nmGemini North
GMOS-N
Optical
i
780 nmGemini North
GMOS-N
Optical
H-alpha
655 nmGemini North
GMOS-N