Galaxies in Pegasus
In this large field of view are the scattered galaxies beyond the Norther part of the constellation Pegasus. The largest galaxy in the upper right is cataloged as NGC 733, which is 50 million ly away. In the lower left corner is the well-known Stephen's Quintet, a group of galaxies, about 300 million ly distant, that are all colliding together.
I chose this picture because along with Pegasus, this week we had the constellation of Andromeda and within the next few billion years we will be colliding with a large galaxy just like those in the lower left.
Site: Picture from APOD
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