A group of galaxies called "Stephan's Quintet" was featured in the opening scene of the Christmas movie "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946), where angels were speaking from. Left is from the movie, right is from the James Webb Space Telescope. Submitted by Yoprobro13 t3_zv9qec on December 25, 2022 at 11:38 PM in space 59 comments 2,973
dr-chicken-taco t1_j1whu8l wrote on December 27, 2022 at 10:37 PM I believe the left most galaxy is not part of the same system. It's actually smaller but much closer to Earth than the other galaxies. From our position it looks like its nearby the others but it's not. Permalink 2 [deleted] t1_j1wqu85 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 11:40 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1 crazyike t1_j1wzfqr wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:43 AM The right-most one in this picture. It's the one that is out of line with the other four, NGC 7320. Permalink Parent 1
crazyike t1_j1wzfqr wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:43 AM The right-most one in this picture. It's the one that is out of line with the other four, NGC 7320. Permalink Parent 1
A group of galaxies called "Stephan's Quintet" was featured in the opening scene of the Christmas movie "It's A Wonderful Life" (1946), where angels were speaking from. Left is from the movie, right is from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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