... Hercules Galaxies . ... These are galaxies of the Hercules Cluster, an archipelago of "island universes" a mere 650 million light-years distant. This cluster is loaded with gas and dust rich, star forming, spiral galaxies but has relatively few elliptical galaxies, which lack gas and dust and the associated newborn stars. ... Spanning the sky behind the majestic Clouds of Magellan is an unusual stream of gas: the Magellanic Stream. ... Vega . ... Vega is a bright blue star 25 light years away. ...