Black background littered with stars. Slightly denser number of stars at center that taper off toward the image's edge. A few bright stars with diffraction spikes and an orangish halo.

Hubble Caldwell 105

This swarm of stars is Caldwell 105, a densely packed stellar collection known as a globular cluster. These compact clutches typically contain hundreds of thousands of stars, all bound together by their mutual gravity.

Credits: ESA/Hubble and NASA