
Thanks to NASA and the ESA we get pictures like this.
Credit for Hubble image: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Whitmore (Space Telescope Science Institute), M. Dopita (Australian National University), and the Wide Field Camera 3 Science Oversight Committee..
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/29/image/b/