Star π1 Gruis: Wide-field View | ESO

Star π1 Gruis: Wide-field View | ESO

This colorful image shows the sky around the bright pair of stars π1 Gruis (center-right, very red) and π2 Gruis (center-left, bluish-white). Just right of center the bright spiral galaxy IC 5201 is also visible and many other fainter galaxies are scattered across this wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Distance: about 530 light-years

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: December 20, 2017

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