Stephan's Quintet
Caption: Stephan's Quintet — a compact group of galaxies, four of which are locked in a cosmic dance.
Scientific context
Webb's largest first-image mosaic; it resolves sweeping tails of gas and stars drawn out by gravitational interactions, and shock-heated gas as galaxies collide.
Subject & instruments
Instrument: NIRCam & MIRI · Near- and mid-infrared
Collections
Related images
- A dark field scattered with thousands of galaxies of many colours; several appear stretched into arcs by gravitational lensing.Public Domain
Webb's First Deep Field (SMACS 0723)
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- A glowing, cliff-like edge of orange gas and dust below a starry blue expanse, with newborn stars sparkling throughout.Public Domain
Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- A shimmering shell of orange and blue gas expanding around a pair of central stars.Public Domain
The Southern Ring Nebula
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- A black field densely filled with thousands of galaxies of every size, colour, and shape.Public Domain
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
NASA, ESA, and STScI
- An edge-on galaxy with a bright bulging core and a dark, sharply defined dust lane, resembling a wide-brimmed hat.Public Domain
The Sombrero Galaxy (M104)
NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- The bright band of the Milky Way arching over the domes of a mountaintop observatory under a dark sky.CC BY 4.0
The Milky Way over Paranal
ESO
Source & references
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- STScISpace Telescope Science Institute
Science operations and public image archives for the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes (MAST, HubbleSite, webbtelescope.org).
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