Image release: Stephan’s Quintet

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The field around NGC 7331 and the Stephan’s Quintet, as seen by MegaCam. The true color composite image reveals multiple foreground and background structures, such as Milky-Way cirrus emission, extended stellar halos around the galaxies and tidal debris of past collisions.
The image was obtained with the same procedure as for the MATALS survey; it was originally aimed at being published in the CFHT yearly calendar.
Published in Duc et al 2018