an image of a very large star in the sky

Artist's Illustration of Unlensed Source Galaxy Caption: This artist’s illustration portrays what the gravitationally lensed galaxy SDSS J1110+6459 might look like up close. A sea of young, blue stars is streaked with dark dust lanes and studded with bright pink patches that mark sites of star formation. The patches’ signature glow comes from ionized hydrogen, like we see in the Orion Nebula in our own galaxy. Credits: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)