ESO 540-31

A new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of dwarf galaxy ESO 540-31 set against a background of distant galaxies. ESO 540-31 lies just over 11 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Cetus (The Whale).

A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Luca Limatola.