This shows a distant galaxy — visible as the smudge to the lower right — as it begins to align with and pass behind a star sitting nearer to us within the Milky Way. This is an event known as a transit. The star is called HD 107146, and it sits at the center of the frame. Its light has been blocked in this image to make its immediate surroundings and the faint galaxy visible — the position of the star is marked with a green circle.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. The Picture of the Week is a distant galaxy – visible as the smudge to the lower right – as it begins to align with and pass behind a star sitting nearer to us within the Milky Way. This is an event known as a transit...
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