*Description*:> Animation depicts the wrenching processes unleashed when two galaxies collide. This animation is a rendering of a data simulation that astronomers use to study interacting and colliding galaxies. Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: Stephan's Quintet; HCG 92 Object Description: Interacting Galaxy Group: NGC 7318A/B, NGC 7319,NGC 7320 Position (J2000): R.A. 22h 35m 58s Dec. +33° 57' 36.0" Constellation: Pegasus Distance: 82 Mpc (270 million light-years) Dimensions: This image is roughly 3.6 arcminutes (86 kpc or 280,000 light-years) in the vertical direction. About the Data Instrument: WFPC2 Exposure Dates: December 30, 1998; June 17, 1999 Exposure Time: 6.6 hours Filters: F450W (B), F569W (V) ; F814W (I) Principal Astronomers: S. Gallagher, J. Charlton, S. Hunsberger (PSU), D. Zaritsky (U. Arizona), and B.Whitmore (STScI) About this Image Image Credit: NASA, J. English (U. Manitoba), S. Hunsberger (PSU), Z. Levay (STScI), S. Gallagher, and J. Charlton (PSU) Release Date: July 19, 2001 9:00 a.m. (EDT) Orientation: Star Clusters Born Among the Interacting Galaxies of Stephan's Quintet *News Release Number:*: STScI-2001-22b
