Stephan's Quintet

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Stephan's Quintet is a visually striking compact group of five galaxies in the constellation Pegasus, famous for their complex gravitational interactions and dramatic appearance in astronomical imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf compact galaxy group
galaxy group
alsoKnownAs HCG 92
Hickson Compact Group 92
cataloguedIn Hickson Compact Group catalogue
discoveredBy Édouard Stephan
discoveryYear 1877
foregroundGalaxy NGC 7320
foregroundGalaxyDistance about 40 million light-years
hasAngularSize about 4 arcminutes
hasApproximateDistance about 290 million light-years
hasEnvironment dense intragroup medium
hasNGCDesignation NGC 7317
NGC 7318A
linked to: Stephan's Quintet

NGC 7318B
linked to: Stephan's Quintet

NGC 7319
NGC 7320
hasNotableFeature complex intergalactic gas structures
large-scale shock front in the intragroup medium
prominent tidal tails
regions of intense star formation
strong gravitational interactions between member galaxies
hasSpectralFeature strong emission lines from shocked gas
isFamousFor dramatic appearance in astronomical imagery
evidence of galaxy collisions and mergers
isPrototypeOf compact galaxy groups
locatedInConstellation Pegasus
memberGalaxyType NGC 7317 is an elliptical galaxy
NGC 7318A is an elliptical galaxy
NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy
NGC 7319 is a barred spiral galaxy
NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy
observedByTelescope Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
James Webb Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
observedInWavelength X-ray
infrared
optical
radio
redshiftGroupMembers NGC 7317
NGC 7318A
linked to: Stephan's Quintet

NGC 7318B
NGC 7319
usedForStudyOf galaxy interactions
intergalactic medium
shock physics in astrophysical plasmas
starburst activity

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Stephan's Quintet hasNGCDesignation NGC 7318A
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
Stephan's Quintet hasNGCDesignation NGC 7318B
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
Stephan's Quintet redshiftGroupMembers NGC 7318A
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
Hickson Compact Group 92 alsoKnownAs Stephan's Quintet
HCG 92 alsoKnownAs Stephan's Quintet
Édouard Stephan notableWork Stephan's Quintet
Édouard Stephan discovered Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7317 memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7317 isPartOf Stephan's Quintet core group
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318A memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318A isPartOfGalaxyGroup Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318B memberOf Stephan's Quintet
subject linked to: NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy
NGC 7318B partOf Stephan's Quintet
subject linked to: NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy
NGC 7318B memberOf compact galaxy group Stephan's Quintet
subject linked to: NGC 7318B is a spiral galaxy
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7319 memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7319 hasHostGalaxyGroup Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7320 apparentGroupMembership Stephan's Quintet
subject linked to: NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy
NGC 7320 foregroundObjectOf Stephan's Quintet
subject linked to: NGC 7320 is a spiral galaxy
NGC 7317 memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7317 partOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7317 isPartOfGalaxyGroup Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7319 memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7319 hasGalaxyGroup Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7320 memberOf Stephan's Quintet (apparent)
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7320 isForegroundTo Stephan's Quintet main group
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7320 partOf sky field of Stephan's Quintet
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318B memberOf Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318B memberOf Stephan's Quintet compact galaxy group
linked to: Stephan's Quintet
NGC 7318B isPartOf Stephan's Quintet shock region
linked to: Stephan's Quintet