Background galaxies and stars are sprinkled across a black background. Some of the distant galaxies are spirals.

Messier 44 ACS image

Galaxies and stars visible on the outskirts of open cluster Messier 44, also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and S. Lilly (Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule) and and DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, and S. Lilly (Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule) and and DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA; Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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