This composite Hubble Space Telescope image shows a variety of galaxies observed in a 3.5 arcmin square
region for a total of 39.6 hours in the constellation Fornax. The nearby galaxies display a variety of structures
and sizes, while more distant sources (some of which appear simply as small, barely resolved objects) are
galaxies at earlier stages in the evolution of the Universe. The bright central object is a foreground star in our
own Milky Way. This image is a typical view of the distant Universe and shows that the cosmos is literally
teeming with galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STSci/AURA).