The Peekaboo Galaxy | Beauty of space with Hubble space telescope

This is a image taken by hubble space telescope. This is the peekaboo galaxy. The tiny galaxy HIPASS J1131-31 shines through the glare of star TYC 7215-199-1, a Milky Way star located between Hubble and the galaxy. This fast-moving foreground star would have appeared directly in the line of sight a century ago, and the "Peekaboo" galaxy would not have been detectable at all.

Hubble telescope is named after Edwin Hubble. Hubble captures detailed images of celestial objects such as planets, stars, and galaxies. Hubble has collected over one million observations. These include detailed images of star birth and death, galaxies billions of light years away, and comet fragments colliding with Jupiter's atmosphere. It is used for astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, chemistry and atomic physics research.

SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, Igor Karachentsev (SAO RAS)
IMAGE PROCESSING: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

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