A small section of the outer arm of a galaxy viewed almost edge on. Lots of dust and gas intermixed with stars.

Hubble Caldwell 38 V2

This spear of stars and dust, imaged in visible and infrared light with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, is a zoomed-in view of one side of Caldwell 38. The galaxy’s core lies toward the lower right, beyond the edge of this image.

Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA