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As beautiful as the surrounding space may be, the sparkling galaxy in the foreground of this image from the Hubble Space Telescope undeniably steals the show.
This spotlight-hogging galaxy, seen set against a backdrop of more distant galaxies of all shapes and sizes, is known as PGC 29388. Although it dominates in this image, this galaxy is a small player on the cosmic stage, and is known as a dwarf elliptical galaxy. As the "dwarf" moniker suggests, the galaxy is on the smaller side, and boasts a "mere" 100 million to a few billion stars – a very small number indeed when compared to the Milky Way's population of around 250 to 400 billion stellar residents.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, T. Armandroff
Image enhancement: Jean-Baptiste Faure
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