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Astronomers studying the compact galaxy group Stephan's Quintet have seen creative destruction in the many collisions taking place among its galaxies. This Hubble Minute discusses what astronomers are learning and hope to learn from examining the quintet.

Credit: Animation: Bryan Preston (Max-Q Digital and STScI/AVL); Character Animation: James Gitlin and Greg Bacon (STScI/AVL); Galactic Collision Simulation Credit: Chris Mihos (Case Western Reserve University), Lars Hernquist (Harvard University), and Frank Summers (STScI); Multiple-Galaxy Collision Simulation Credit: Joshua Barnes (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center)

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  • Light pollution ruins images. I took a picture of Stephan's Quintet a couple nights ago and I just can't get rid of the light pollution effects while keeping the galaxies.

  • Seeing Stephen's Quintet in a 24-30" visually, and from a dark location is an unbelievable site! I have been able to see it in my 8" from Great Basin National Park, as well. It is nothing to write home about, but it is detectable. In a 12" it really comes to life from Great Basin; but, with it's 7.5 magnitude skies, Great Basin National Park offers some rare opportunities to the amateur astronomy with an 8-16" scope. Some people come there with big Dobs. Now, I have drool running down my chin!

  • This video is amazing..it really puts our little earthly problems into perspective!! Watching these scenes gives you "goose-bumps" in your sopmach...please do websites of things like this.

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