The Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of a strange giant galaxy that is somewhere between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy.
NGC 7049 is a type of galaxy called a Brightest Cluster Galaxy. The halo is made up of diffuse stars, and the faint points of light are globular clusters, which are densely packed groups of stars that orbit the galactic core, some of which are among the first stars born in the galaxy. NGC 7049 has relatively few globular clusters, which may enlighten astronomers about how halos are formed.
The galaxy is part of a lesser known constellation in the southern sky called Indus, or the Indian.
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Image: NASA/ESA/W. Harris, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.