Happy Birthday Hubble! Pic of Stunning Galaxy Grouping

[SteveG]

Mindblowing...and it's REAL!


The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies, called the Hickson Compact Group 40. This snapshot reflects a special moment in their lifetimes as they fall together before they merge

[DP]

I wonder how many creatures from there are looking at images of the Local Group thinking the same thing!

[Ombligo]

To me what is hard to fathom is every other thing in that the other 32 (by my count) lights are more distant galaxies as well.