This was reported by the ESA observatory, according to Ukrinform’s report.

This image shows a dense star field against a background of dust, gas and light from more distant celestial objects.

Stars take up most of this image, and it’s a bit difficult for the human eye to tell that you’re actually looking at most of the ESO 245-5 galaxy.

This galaxy is a relatively close neighbor of the Milky Way and is located in the Phoenix constellation at a rather “modest” distance of 15 million light-years from Earth.

Another reason why it’s a bit difficult for people to tell that ESO 245-5 is a galaxy is the apparent lack of structure.

Hubble often manages to capture spectacular images of spiral galaxies, which are very interesting to look at due in part to their highly organized “arms” of stars, gas, and dust.

However, ESO 245-5, on the contrary, is classified as an IB(s)m type galaxy according to the galaxy classification system known as the De Vaucouleur system (Gérard Henri de Vaucouleur – French astronomer).

Specifically, the designation IB(s)m means that the galaxy is irregular (I), barred in the middle (B), has a slightly spiral structure (s), and is of the Magellanic type (m).

As reported by Ukrinform, the Hubble space telescope photographed the spiral galaxy UGC 11105 located in the constellation Hercules.