This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo. While the galaxy and the star appear to be close to one another, even overlapping, they're actually a great distance apart. The star, marked with four long dif fraction spikes, is in our own galaxy. It's just 7,109 light-years away from Earth. The galaxy, named NGC 4900, lies about 45 million light-years from Earth. ...read more read less